From: anansi <kazaam@...>
Date: 2007-06-13T21:10:09+09:00
Subject: Re: executing sudo from ruby

thanks for your answers but that are no options here. I know hardcoded 
passes are in generally a bad idea but it's really needed here and safe. 
This is just a personal code on an offline pc with a highly encrypted 
partitions...

Is there no way to give the pass as argument or pipe it or kind if that? 
But as said I need a technique working in both cases mentioned in the 
first post.

Morten wrote:
> anansi wrote:
>> hi,
>> I wanna execute in a script of mine commands like: "sudo apt-get 
>> clean" or "sudo nano /etc/X11/xorg.conf". The difference is:
>>
>> The first command needs to be executed without influence to the main 
>> process of the ruby scipt. It should simply be started as a second 
>> process totally independent from the ruby-script which invokes it.
>> I think system("sudo apt-get clean") would be the right command.
>>
>> The second command should be this way that it is the only one after it 
>> has been executed. So the ruby-script should be stopped and therefor 
>> in the same console nano should be opened.
>> I think exec("sudo nano /etc/X11/xorg.conf") would be the right command.
>>
>> But my problem is the password of sudo? How can I make my ruby-scipt 
>> give the password to sudo so I don't have to give it in every time?
>>
>>
> 
> Set NOPASSWD in your sudoers file for the given commands, eg.:
> 
> sudoeruser ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: /usr/bin/nano,/usr/bin/apt-get
> 
> 
> Morten


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