capistrano deployment with use_sudo=true - permissions problem

Question

i am trying to do a deployment with capistrano to newly installed Ubuntu server

i am deploying to directory /var/www, owned by root, so i need to set use_sudo to true

while i execute commands with run "#{try_sudo} command" without problem, svn checkout doesn't work with sudo prefix

i try

set :deploy_via, :export

and it throws

Can't make directory '/var/www/pr_name/releases/20091217171253': Permission denied

during checkout

i imagine adding "try_sudo" prefix to "svn export" would help, but where can i edit the one it uses in deploy_via?

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if on other hand i don't use use_sudo, and set /var/www/ directory ownership to myuser, i still cannot deploy - some of my deployment commands set folders ownership to apache user www-data and then i get something like:

changing ownership of `/var/www/pr_name/current/specificdirectory': Operation not permitted

which, if i understand correctly, has to be done with sudo

score 2 · Accepted Answer · edited Mar 05 '13 at 20:10

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Using the sudo helper solved the problem.
Here is an example:

run "#{sudo} chown root:root /etc/my.cnf"

edited Mar 05 '13 at 20:10

Marius Butuc

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answered Apr 21 '10 at 07:45

Pavel K.

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Don't leave us hanging! What is "sudo helper"? I can't find references to it in the Capistrano docs. – Mojo Apr 10 '12 at 21:02
explained here: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/431925/capistrano-is-hanging-when-prompting-for-sudo-password-to-an-ubuntu-box (note the comment about deprecation and new format) – Pavel K. Apr 11 '12 at 22:10

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 18 '09 at 10:08

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Try cap deploy:setup

answered Dec 18 '09 at 10:08

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capistrano deployment with use_sudo=true - permissions problem

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