Debugging in pyCharm with sudo privileges?

Question

I\'ve tested code that requires root access in pyCharm by running sudo pycharm.sh but this is not the way I would recommend of doing so.

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Answer 1

Create a shell script that does "sudo python" and forwards the arguments, and configure that script as a Python interpreter in PyCharm.

Name of this shell script should start with python (source: http://forum.jetbrains.com/message/PyCharm-424-3).

Answer 2

I solved this problem by copying /usr/bin/python3 in my home, then setting cap_net_bind_service capability:

cp /usr/bin/python3 ~/python35-setcap
sudo setcap 'cap_net_bind_service=+ep' ~/python35-setcap

And then using ~/python35-setcap as python interpreter in pycharm.

This way, you can bind lower ports, but not any python 3 program can do it, and pycharm can still kill your script. You could also restrict execute permission to yourself if you want more security.

Answer 3

I follow the instructions here and success. But there is a problem that the PYTHONPATH is not valid when you use sudo. So when you edit with

sudo visudo -f /etc/sudoers.d/python

add that:

user host = (root) NOPASSWD:SETENV: /home/yizhao/anaconda3/bin/python

also your script should be:

#! /bin/bash
sudo PYTHONPATH=$PYTHONPATH /home/name/anaconda3/bin/python "$@"