Merge pull request #4027 from 7heo/patch-1

Get rid of unnecessary `-E` flag for `sudo`
pull/4010/merge
Matthew Hooker 9 years ago committed by GitHub
commit 975df8039c

@ -112,13 +112,11 @@ Some operating systems default to a non-root user. For example if you login as
`execute_command` to be:
``` {.text}
"echo 'packer' | {{ .Vars }} sudo -E -S sh '{{ .Path }}'"
"echo 'packer' | sudo -S sh -c '{{ .Vars }} {{ .Path }}'"
```
The `-S` flag tells `sudo` to read the password from stdin, which in this case
is being piped in with the value of `packer`. The `-E` flag tells `sudo` to
preserve the environment, allowing our environmental variables to work within
the script.
is being piped in with the value of `packer`.
By setting the `execute_command` to this, your script(s) can run with root
privileges without worrying about password prompts.

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