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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
