A child_process.spawn but with sudo in between. The sudo password dialog
is abstracted away so that the calling Node script can interact with the
program that is run under sudo without worrying about it.
sudo(args, options)
args: An array of arguments to sudo. Can be both options (such as -v
or -E) and the program to run. Example: ['ls'].
options: An optional object containing options. Recognized options are:
cachePassword: Boolean; whether to remember the password between
invocations or not.
prompt: String; what to display to the user when the password is
needed.
spawnOptions: Object; passed on directly to spawn. stdio or
customFds will be overwritten.
var sudo = require('sudo');
var options = {
cachePassword: true,
prompt: 'Password, yo? ',
spawnOptions: { /* other options for spawn */ }
};
var child = sudo([ 'ls', '-l', '/tmp' ], options);
child.stdout.on('data', function (data) {
console.log(data.toString());
});
MIT
FAQs
Wrap sudo with optional password cache
We found that sudo demonstrated a not healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
Did you know?
Socket for GitHub automatically highlights issues in each pull request and monitors the health of all your open source dependencies. Discover the contents of your packages and block harmful activity before you install or update your dependencies.
Product
Socket now scans OpenVSX extensions, giving teams early detection of risky behaviors, hidden capabilities, and supply chain threats in developer tools.
Product
Bringing supply chain security to the next generation of JavaScript package managers
Product
A safer, faster way to eliminate vulnerabilities without updating dependencies