Electron subprocess with administrative privileges

Run a subprocess with administrative privileges, prompting the user with a graphical OS dialog if necessary. Useful for background subprocesse which run native Electron apps that need sudo.

Uses in-built OS features, no binaries required

Features

• Supports spawn and exec subprocess behavior
• Supports applications packaged as asar archive
• Separate password prompt for each call (use sh or bat script for single prompt)
• No external dependencies, does not depend on OS versions

Installation

npm install david-mohr/electron-sudo

Usage

Note: Your command should not start with the sudo prefix.

Version 5

import sudo from 'electron-sudo';

/* Spawn subprocess behavior */
let cp = await sudo.spawn(
  'echo', ['$PARAM'], {env: {PARAM: 'VALUE'}}
);
cp.on('close', () => {
  /*
    cp.output.stdout (Buffer)
    cp.output.stderr (Buffer)
  */
});

/* Exec subprocess behavior */
let result = await sudo.exec(
  'echo $PARAM', {env: {PARAM: 'VALUE'}}
);
/* result is an object with props stdout and stderr (both Buffers) */

Tests

npm i && npm test

Thanks

Based on the original electron-sudo by Aleksandr Komlev