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  • Those variables listed in the sudoers documentation that you quote get a special treatment. I believe that TERM is actually preserved from the caller's environment. What is a bit surprising, and can't replicate on my end, is the preservation of other arbitrary variables as well. What result do you get if you run the following? export TEST=blah; sudo -i sh -c 'echo $TEST'
    – mesr
    Commented Jul 18, 2022 at 14:46