president

Execute commands with privileges!

Run commands with administrator privileges in Windows and UNIX based operating systems.

var president = require('president');

president.execute([ 'dmesg' ], function(error) {
	if(error) throw error;
	console.log(stdout);
});

$ node example.js
Password:
(dmesg output)

Installation

Install president by running:

$ npm install --save president

Documentation

president.execute(Array command, Function callback)

Execute a command. The callback takes one argument: (error).

If president runs in Windows, windosu is used, otherwise the command is prefixed with sudo.

Tests

Run the test suite by doing:

$ gulp test

Contribute

• Issue Tracker: github.com/jviotti/president/issues
• Source Code: github.com/jviotti/president

Before submitting a PR, please make sure that you include tests, and that coffeelint runs without any warning:

$ gulp lint

Support

If you're having any problem, please raise an issue on GitHub.

License

The project is licensed under the MIT license.