sudo syntax

[David Bear]

I want to run a command

tar czf - / | ssh id at somehost dd of=tarball.tgz

I need to run tar as root.  However, I need to run ssh as user 'id'.

I tried 

sudo tar czf - / | ssh id at somehost dd of=tar.tgz

but am unsure if ssh was launched as 'id' or as root.

Any way to be certain that sudo is doing what I want?

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