Add support for running command in a sudo shell on Linux (as already on Windows and macOS) about sudo-prompt

[jorangreef]

Thanks @LouWii , you are welcome.

The reason for the multiple password prompts is because Ubuntu uses TTY tickets, so each separate shell session requires sudo.

sudo-prompt uses a privileged shell session on Windows and Mac, so your command should work fine there as is. On Linux, however, we are currently running the command directly using kdesudo or pkexec, so your second command would fail since it would be outside of the sudo session. I think this would be good to fix.

In the meantime, could you try: bash -c "command1; command2" as your command argument?

[LouWii]

bash -c "command1; command2" does work. Thanks !

What would you recommend as a long-term fix for Linux ? Use something different than kdesudo or pkexec ? I know Linux a bit but this goes beyond my knowledge.

[jorangreef]

Great! I would like to update the Linux component of sudo-prompt to do something similar by default.

[franciscop]

What about something like this?

const sep = '~SEPARATOR~';

const cmd = (...commands) => {
  const separated = commands.join(` ; echo "${sep}"; `);
  return (await exec(`bash -c '${separated}'`)).split(sep);
};

Then to use it you can do:

const [root, echo, home] = await cmd('ls /', 'echo "Hello world"', 'ls ~/');