sudo.nim

Detect if you are running as root, restart self with sudo if needed or setup uid zero when running with the SUID flag set.

• GitHub: https://github.com/FyraLabs/sudo.nim
• Nimble: https://nimble.directory/pkg/sudo
• Docs: https://fyralabs.github.io/sudo.nim/

Installation

In your <pkgname>.nimble file:

requires "sudo >= 0.1.0"

Then run nimble install --depsOnly.

Example

import sudo

discard sudo()

# or…
discard sudo(["QT_"])  # this exports environment variables that start with QT_
discard sudo((k, _) => k.startsWith("QT_"))  # equivalent to above