Edit sudo facter command. Env variable isn't needed #490
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Setting environment variable in sudo requires permissions for preserve the environment also (env_check, or env_keep options). However, environment variable doesn't need for facter binary escalation
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Hi
Setting environment variable in sudo requires permissions for preserve the environment also (env_check, or env_keep options). So without this permissions escalation via variable fails. However, environment variable isn't needed for facter binary escalation. We can use --custom-dir flag instead
Tested on CentOS 7 and Oracle Linux 9.