I am using the below command and now its not asking password but i think
its not a secure way...
system("echo systempassword | sudo -S ruby example.rb")
example.rb:
in this .rb file i am opening my apache2 file and editing
successfully using ruby File class.
On Monday, December 23, 2013 12:58:04 PM UTC+5:30, tamouse wrote:
>
> On Mon, Dec 23, 2013 at 12:59 AM, saravanan p
> <[email protected]<javascript:>
> > wrote:
>
>> I am trying to edit apache2 https.config file which require sudo
>> permission through my ruby scripting.
>>
>>
> Be very very careful with this. It can easily leave you wide open to a
> hack.
>
> Assuming you do really mean a ruby script, and nothing in your Rails app,
> you can set the setuid bit with chmod and chown the script to root. When it
> executes, it will execute with root persmissions.
>
> Given you've not been able to find this information yourself, I'd again
> caution you not to do this.
>
>
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