The following error appears when Capistrano attempts to use sudo with a password on Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala":
sudo: no tty present and no askpass program specified This can be solved by setting the following variable: default_run_options[:pty] = true You can do this in your ~/.caprc file, /etc/capistrano.conf, ./Capfile, or deploy.rb http://weblog.jamisbuck.org/2007/10/14/capistrano-2-1 Thanks to Lee for pointing this out - Mike On Sun, Nov 1, 2009 at 12:21 AM, Lee Hambley <lee.hamb...@gmail.com> wrote: > Nothing changed Mike, but passworded sudo access isn't supported > officially, because it's so damned difficult to get right across multiple > platforms. > > -- Lee Hambley > > Twitter: @leehambley | @capistranorb > Blog: http://lee.hambley.name/ > Working with Rails: http://is.gd/1s5W1 > > > 2009/10/31 Mike Bailey <m...@bailey.net.au> > > sudo is necessary in some circumstances (such as creating a user or >> installing a package) >> >> I've been having a look into this and found that the password prompt for >> sudo doesn't seem to be working on a host I've been using since 2006. >> >> maculike:~ mbailey$ cap test_sudo HOSTS=sh01 >> triggering load callbacks >> * executing `deprec:connect_canonical_tasks' >> * executing `test_sudo' >> * executing "sudo hostname" >> servers: ["sh01"] >> [sh01] executing command >> *** [err :: sh01] Password: >> my_password >> >> Has something changed in Capistrano that broke entering my sudo password? >> I'm using capistrano-2.5.9 >> >> - Mike >> >> >> On Sat, Oct 31, 2009 at 9:31 PM, Lee Hambley <lee.hamb...@gmail.com>wrote: >> >>> No Mike, but I'd love to know, if you come across any evidence, I'd >>> really appreciated if you shared it on here; we've been saying for a long >>> time that using sudo during deployment encourages insecure/unsafe setups >>> (and of course, means that we're making assumptions that don't apply to a >>> /lot/ of people on shared hosting.. so this may yet change) >>> >>> -- Lee Hambley >>> >>> Twitter: @leehambley | @capistranorb >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ * You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Capistrano" group. * To post to this group, send email to capistrano@googlegroups.com * To unsubscribe from this group, send email to capistrano+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/capistrano?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
