mafintosh / mafintosh/ssh-exec

How do you enter your sudo password?

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Description

There are some great examples in [issue 13](https://github.com/mafintosh/ssh-exec/issues/13) (and it would be useful if they were on the front page.)

But how do you run a sudo command? Can you redirect the ask for password prompt & keyboard input into the the remote server somehow?

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Research direction

Review the examples linked from issue 13 and the front-page documentation to understand the existing SSH execution flow. Clarify how sudo prompts and keyboard input should be handled remotely, then define the expected behavior and tests before implementation.

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Assessment

Tech stack
javascript, node.js
Domain
cli, networking
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
20/100

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