> You do not have a tty (you are therefore using a pty) -- and you do not have
> passwordless sudo access configured.

> You can alter capistrano's configuration to use the other (a tty, or a pty,
> whichever your configuration requires)

> -- Lee Hambley

> Twitter: @leehambley | @capistranorb

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

> 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

On Sun, Nov 1, 2009 at 12:21 AM, Lee Hambley <lee.hamb...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 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

> The following error appears when Capistrano attempts to use sudo with a
> password on Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala":

> sudo: no tty present and no askpass program specified

> This can be solved by setting the following variable:

> default_run_options[:pty] = true

> You can do this in your ~/.caprc file, /etc/capistrano.conf, ./Capfile, or
> deploy.rb

> http://weblog.jamisbuck.org/2007/10/14/capistrano-2-1

> Thanks to Lee for pointing this out

> - Mike

> On Sun, Nov 1, 2009 at 12:21 AM, Lee Hambley <lee.hamb...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > 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