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

For what it's worth, I've managed run a python script with sudo priviledges (on Ubuntu 16.04) like this:

1. In the very first line in the script, define the interpreter like this:

   #!/usr/bin/sudo python

2. Make the script executable:

   chmod +x myscript.py

3. Run the script directly, without specifying the python interpreter yourself:

   ./myscript.py

4. The script will ask for sudo password and continue running with elevated priviledges.