I do not have access to root in machines but I have sudo to edit some files eg. /etc. How should I use this extension to edit those files? If I just use my ssh user and try to save it will say:
Failed to save 'filename': Unable to write file 'vscode-remote://ssh-remote+app/filepath/filename' (NoPermissions (FileSystemError): Error: EACCES: permission denied, open '/filepath/filename')
I found a couple of workarounds for VSCode on StackOverflow but not really for this extension.
@jeanp413 do you know a way to do that? Maybe would be nice to have this case in the docs since it should be a common case.
I created a small shell script I upload to remote host to workaround this limitation but I have to run for each file I edit:
execute_with_sudo.sh
# This file needs to be uploaded to the remote host
FILE_PATH=$1
TMP_DIR=~/tmp_edit
if [ -z "$FILE_PATH" ]; then
echo "Usage: $0 /path/to/system/file"
exit 1
fi
FILE_NAME=$(basename "$FILE_PATH")
TMP_FILE="$TMP_DIR/$FILE_NAME"
# Create the temporary directory if it doesn't exist
mkdir -p "$TMP_DIR"
# Copy the file to the temporary directory
sudo cp "$FILE_PATH" "$TMP_FILE"
sudo chown $USER:$USER "$TMP_FILE"
# Open the file in VSCodium for editing (this assumes you're connected via VSCodium's SSH extension)
echo "You can now edit $TMP_FILE in VSCodium..."
# Wait for the user to finish editing
read -p "Press [Enter] key after editing $TMP_FILE..."
# Copy the file back to its original location
sudo cp "$TMP_FILE" "$FILE_PATH"
sudo rm "$TMP_FILE"
echo "$FILE_PATH has been updated with your changes."
I do not have access to root in machines but I have sudo to edit some files eg.
/etc
. How should I use this extension to edit those files? If I just use my ssh user and try to save it will say:I found a couple of workarounds for VSCode on StackOverflow but not really for this extension.
@jeanp413 do you know a way to do that? Maybe would be nice to have this case in the docs since it should be a common case.
I created a small shell script I upload to remote host to workaround this limitation but I have to run for each file I edit:
execute_with_sudo.sh