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| 2008-04-09 | 2008-07-31 | ||
| 4.1 Custom command to execute SFTP server binary may be specified. This allows using su to run SFTP server. (martin) | remote_command#limitations (martin) | ||
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| sudo su - | sudo su - | ||
| - | You can do the above only if you are allowed to do ''sudo su'' without being prompted with password. See ''[[http://www.gratisoft.us/sudo/man/sudo.html|sudo]]'' documentation to learn how to do that. For example you can add following line to ''[[http://www.gratisoft.us/sudo/man/sudoers.html|sudoers]]'' file (''/etc/sudoers''): | + | However typically you will not be able to provide a password for ''su'', see [[remote_command#limitations|remote command execution limitations]]. So you may be able to do the above only if you are allowed to do ''sudo su'' without being prompted with password. See ''[[http://www.gratisoft.us/sudo/man/sudo.html|sudo]]'' documentation to learn how to do that. For example you can add following line to ''[[http://www.gratisoft.us/sudo/man/sudoers.html|sudoers]]'' file (''/etc/sudoers''): |
| yourusername ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL | yourusername ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL | ||
| - | Note that as WinSCP does not allocate TTY, you need to have ''sudoers'' option ''requiretty'' turned off (what is default). | + | Note that as WinSCP cannot implement terminal emulation, you need to have ''sudoers'' option ''requiretty'' turned off (what is default). |