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I'm using a git post-update hook to run a command via sudo, and I get the error: sudo: sorry, you must have a tty to run sudo. I believe I need to modify /etc/sudoers but I don't know how to do this. Any help would be appreciated!

Justin Meltzer
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If you have the line

Defaults    requiretty

in your sudoers file, comment it out.

MadHatter
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  • Thanks! What exactly does this do? Could it have any unintended consequences? – Justin Meltzer Jul 13 '12 at 15:38
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    If set, sudo will only run when the user is logged in to a real tty. When this flag is set, sudo can only be run from a login session and not via other means such as cron(8) or cgi-bin scripts. This flag is off by default. http://www.gratisoft.us/sudo/sudoers.man.html – Aaron Copley Jul 13 '12 at 15:41