From f8506d6d259d93bb205ede8c10fe2ba93e897f28 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Fabio Manganiello <blacklight86@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2018 22:41:20 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Added comment to explain the reasons for sudo in the
switchbot plugin
---
platypush/plugins/switch/switchbot/__init__.py | 4 ++++
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
diff --git a/platypush/plugins/switch/switchbot/__init__.py b/platypush/plugins/switch/switchbot/__init__.py
index 74920d625..b468e673f 100644
--- a/platypush/plugins/switch/switchbot/__init__.py
+++ b/platypush/plugins/switch/switchbot/__init__.py
@@ -100,6 +100,10 @@ class SwitchSwitchbotPlugin(SwitchPlugin):
errors = []
try:
+ # XXX this requires sudo and it's executed in its own process
+ # because the Switchbot plugin requires root privileges to send
+ # raw bluetooth messages on the interface. Make sure that the user
+ # that runs platypush has the right permissions to run this with sudo
output = subprocess.check_output((
'sudo python3 -m platypush.plugins.switch.switchbot ' +
'--device {} ' +