Basically what sshkit-sudo gem promises, but:

• 1 hack instead of multiple layers
• obvious how to debug
• 1 global password
• does not capture the password prompt
• does not print the output when capturing
• works when not using SshKit::DSL

Hint: You might want to start with an extra “puts data” to see how your password prompt looks like.

SSHKit::Command.prepend(Module.new do
  def on_stdout(channel, data)
    if data.include? "[sudo] password for "
      @@password ||= `echo password: 1>&2 && read -s PASSWORD && printf \"$PASSWORD\"`
      channel.send_data(@@password + "\n")
    else
      super
    end
  end
end)

on servers do
  capture :sudo, "ls"
end