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Kristopher Ruzic
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Chris Bednarski
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Added an example using tcsh with shell provisioner; reworded some of the execute_command docs
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To many new users, the
`execute_command`
is puzzling. However, it provides
an important function: customization of how the command is executed. The
most common use case for this is dealing with
**sudo password prompts**
.
most common use case for this is dealing with
**sudo password prompts**
. You may
also need to customize this if you use a non-POSIX shell, such as
`tcsh`
on
FreeBSD.
For example, if the default user of an installed operating system is "packer"
and has the password "packer" for sudo usage, then you'll likely want to
### Sudo Example
Some operating systems default to a non-root user. For example if you login
as
`ubuntu`
and can sudo using the password
`packer`
, then you'll want to
change
`execute_command`
to be:
```
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```
The
`-S`
flag tells
`sudo`
to read the password from stdin, which in this
case is being piped in with the value of
"packer"
. The
`-E`
flag tells
`sudo`
case is being piped in with the value of
`packer`
. The
`-E`
flag tells
`sudo`
to preserve the environment, allowing our environmental variables to work
within the script.
By setting the
`execute_command`
to this, your script(s) can run with
root privileges without worrying about password prompts.
### FreeBSD Example
FreeBSD's default shell is
`tcsh`
, which deviates from POSIX sematics. In order
for packer to pass environment variables you will need to change the
`execute_command`
to:
chmod +x {{ .Path }}; env {{ .Vars }} {{ .Path }}
Note the addition of
`env`
before
`{{ .Vars }}`
.
## Default Environmental Variables
In addition to being able to specify custom environmental variables using
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