Sudo

Run a command using sudo, prompting the user with an OS dialog if necessary.

Currently supports native OS dialog on Mac OS X (patches welcome for Linux).

Sudo has no external dependencies and does not contain any native bindings.

Usage

Note that your command should not contain the sudo prefix.

// To run a command using sudo:
var sudo = require('sudo-prompt');
sudo.exec('echo hello', function(error) {});

// To update the sudo timestamp for the current user:
sudo.touch(function(error) {});

// To use something other than process.title as the app name:
// Must be alphanumeric (may contain spaces).
sudo.setName('Your app name')

Concurrency

You can call Sudo.exec and Sudo.touch concurrently, Sudo will batch up permission requests into a single prompt.