From: Brian Candler <lists@...>
Date: 2012-09-13T06:47:56+09:00
Subject: Re: How to run File Operation as sudo

sharmin malik wrote in post #1075694:
>         f=File.new("/etc/fstab","a+")
>         f.puts  entry
>
> now problem is ,
> I am running the script as not root user ,,now its failing because the
> user does not root priviligies
>
> now how will do this ??
>
> can i run that ruby module as sudo  ??

Start your script using

    sudo ruby myscript.rb

You can't gain root privileges mid-script, short of

    system("sudo ruby anotherscript.rb")

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