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.
I know it's possible to debug with sudo privileges by running the python interpreter as sudo in pyCharm but how do we do this?
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).
For what it's worth, I've managed run a python script with sudo priviledges (on Ubuntu 16.04) like this:
In the very first line in the script, define the interpreter like this:
#!/usr/bin/sudo python
Make the script executable:
chmod +x myscript.py
Run the script directly, without specifying the python
interpreter yourself:
./myscript.py
- The script will ask for sudo password and continue running with elevated priviledges.
I have encounter another way to solve this issue so I thought to share it (this answer is more like an alternative for the other answers).
It is worth to mention here that this solution "attacks" the problem by running only a certain Python script (within the pycham IDE) in root mode , and not the entire pycharm application.
1) Disable requiring password for running Python:
This will be achived by editing the /etc/sudoers.d/python file. What we need to do is to add an entry in that file as follows:
user host = (root) NOPASSWD: full_path_to_python, for example:
guya ubuntu = (root) NOPASSWD: /usr/bin/python
NOTES:
user
can be detected by the command: whoami
host
can be detected by the command: hostname
2) Create a "sudo script": The purpose of this script is to give python privilege to run as root user.
Create a script called python-sudo.sh , and add the following into it:
#!/bin/bash
sudo /usr/bin/python "$@"
Note again that the path is the path to your Python as the previous phase.
Don't forget to give execution permissions to this script using the command: chmod
chmod +x python-sudo.sh
3) Use the python-sudo.sh
script as your pycharm interpreter:
Within pycharm go to: File --> Settings --> Project interpreter
At the right top hand side click the "setting" icon, and click "Add local".
In the browser option choose the python-sudo.sh script we have created previously. This will give PyCharm the privilege to run a python script as root.
4) Debug the test: All there is left to do is actually debug the specific Python script in the pycharm IDE. This can be done easily via Right-click on the script to debug --> hit Debug sample_script_to_debug.py
Hope it was helpfull and let me know if there are any mistakes in this approach.
Cheers,
Guy.
I have encountered the same problem trying to debug Bluetooth related code on a Raspberry Pi. I suppose, since you're doing remote debug on the device, that the device is for development use only. In such a case, in my humble option, you should permit ssh root login, so you can configure PyCharm to use the root user and you don't need to sudo. That's the solution I have chosen.
The following instructions are for a Raspberry Pi, but the procedure is the same for any Linux distribution:
First of all, add your public key to the authorized_keys
:
cat ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub | ssh pi@raspberrypi "mkdir -p ~/.ssh && cat >>
~/.ssh/authorized_keys"
Then login into the Raspberry Pi:
ssh pi@raspberrypi
Once you have a console copy your key into the root
directory:
sudo mkdir /root/.ssh
sudo cp authorized_keys /root/.ssh/
Finally edit sshd_config
adding PermitRootLogin without-password
:
sudo vim /etc/ssh/sshd_config
Use your preferred editor.
Now you are able to ssh inside the Raspberry Pi as root:
ssh root@raspberrypi
Using root
instead or pi
user, give you the ability to run your code, even remotely, with root privileges, as
required by BlueZ.
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.
Terminal:
sudo ./Pycharm
this way you can start PyCharm as SuperUser