How to run remote ssh session from Jenkins with sudo rights?
To run sudo remotely you have 2 options
- Allow the user to run
sudocommands without a password.
Append username ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL the /etc/sudoers file with sudo visudo. Alternatively you can modify this line to only allow certain sudo commands to be run without a password
- Use the pseudo-tty to emulate tty remotely and enter your
sudopassword when requsted.
To do this run ssh -t username@host command_to_execute
If the remote server accepts the direct login of the root user you can simply do:
ssh -l root yourserver command_to_executeSimilar syntax is:
ssh root@yourserver command_to_executeMind that allowing the login of the root user via ssh to a remote server isn't always a good solution.A better solution would be change the owner / permissions to allow a non-root user to modify the protected files.