From: Phlip <phlip2005@...>
Date: 2008-10-19T00:24:11+09:00
Subject: Re: Call to sudo

Kless wrote:

> So, is not possible anything as: ?

> system("sudo")
> FileUtils.mkdir_p(dir_root) unless File.exist?(dir_root)

No. The system command runs sudo in a shell - a separate executing binary 
image - and then throws away its context and returns. The commands then run 
without super-user support.

Now what's the outer problem that makes you need sudo?

-- 
  Phlip