From: Tony Arcieri <tony.arcieri@...>
Date: 2010-10-19T01:53:27+09:00
Subject: Re: su {block of code.}

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I'd suggest spawning a new Ruby instance which runs under sudo and talking
to it with DRb

On Mon, Oct 18, 2010 at 10:32 AM, Guido De Rosa <guidoderosa@gmail.com>wrote:

> Hi!
>
> Scenario: on a Unix-like system I run a ruby program under a
> non-privileged user. Occasionally I need to gain root privileges.
>
> For external commands it's just a matter of installing sudo, editing
> /etc/sudoers properly, and going:
>
>    system "sudo command..."
>
> But what if I want to do the same for a block of code?
>
> Something like this would be really, really cool:
>
>    include Sudo
>    su do
>      # ruby code...
>    end
>
> There's a way to get this? A gem? Any idea on how to implement it?
>
> Thanks,
> Guido
>
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> Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.
>
>


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Tony Arcieri
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