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Old 09-24-2012
Java sudo: sorry, you must have a tty to run sudo

Hi, Have a need to run the below command as a "karuser" from a java class which will is running as "root" user. When we are trying to run the below command from java code getting the below error.

Command:
Code:
sudo -u karuser -s /bin/bash /bank/karunix/bin/build_cycles.sh

Error:
Code:
sudo: sorry, you must have a tty to run sudo

Your help will be much appreciated.

thanks

Last edited by Franklin52; 09-24-2012 at 04:50 AM.. Reason: Please use code tags for data and code samples, thanks
# 2  
Old 09-24-2012
You can disable this requirement. Edit your sudoers file, locate the line
Code:
Defaults    requiretty

and disable it by putting a comment sign in front of the line.
# 3  
Old 09-24-2012
Hi, Our system administrator informed that this ption can not be disabled due to security issues. Other than disabling 'requiretty' is there anyway to make this command work?
# 4  
Old 09-24-2012
You have to create a pseudo terminal in one way or another. If you use ssh to connect for example, there is the -t option which does just that.
Code:
ssh -t hostname sudo ...

Does java offer a similar option?
# 5  
Old 09-24-2012
The problem is not that it's asking for a tty. The problem is that it wants to ask for a password. That's why it wants a tty...
# 6  
Old 09-24-2012
If sudo needs a password, then it needs a tty, sure.

But sudo also complains, when it doesn't need a password, because NOPASSWD is in effect. Just had that situation a few days ago. And the reason for this is the requiretty setting in the sudoers file afaik.

ssh user@host sudo.. -> complaint,

ssh -t user@host sudo... -> success without asking for a password,

removing requiretty and ssh user@host sudo.. -> success
# 7  
Old 09-24-2012
It's an either-or thing, sure. It might require a TTY for either reason. But if it requires a password, you can get a confusing error about no TTY, because it needs a TTY to ask for a password...

You see similar things when ssh complains about not having an askpass program available. The error isn't actually the lack of an askpass program, of course; the error is that it needs to ask for a password and can't...

Last edited by Corona688; 09-24-2012 at 07:16 PM..
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