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authorHenare Degan <henare.degan@gmail.com>2012-09-20 14:59:09 +1000
committerLouise Crow <louise.crow@gmail.com>2012-09-20 09:14:49 +0100
commit789e3b8c489749c7765c780708e68f53c8805dfe (patch)
tree07efc9896a3acd2e1c0a7c1a4d30b124d9f9e6b8
parentde47f6b7683569bb238809b6cca422aa3c76af9b (diff)
Add a note about how to allow these commands to be run with elevated privileges by a luser
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@@ -326,7 +326,11 @@ which lives in `config/alert-tracks-debian.ugly`. As with the cron
jobs above, replace the variables (and/or bits near the variables)
with paths to your software. `config/purge-varnish-debian.ugly` is a
similar init script, which is optional and not required if you choose
-not to run your site behind Varnish (see below).
+not to run your site behind Varnish (see below). Add the following line to your
+sudoers file to allow these to be run by your deploy user (named `deploy` in
+this case):
+
+ deploy ALL = NOPASSWD: /etc/init.d/foi-alert-tracks, /etc/init.d/foi-purge-varnish
The cron jobs refer to a program `run-with-lockfile`. See
[this issue](https://github.com/mysociety/alaveteli/issues/112) for a