Elevate privileges of update command if necessary

build/actions/update.js

@@ -1,8 +1,12 @@
 (function() {
-  var child_process, npm, packageJSON;
+  var _, child_process, npm, packageJSON, president;
+
+  _ = require('lodash');
 
   child_process = require('child_process');
 
+  president = require('president');
+
   npm = require('../npm');
 
   packageJSON = require('../../package.json');
@@ -13,13 +17,14 @@
     help: 'Use this command to update the Resin CLI\n\nThis command outputs information about the update process.\nUse `--quiet` to remove that output.\n\nThe Resin CLI checks for updates once per day.\n\nMajor updates require a manual update with this update command,\nwhile minor updates are applied automatically.\n\nExamples:\n\n	$ resin update',
     action: function(params, options, done) {
       return npm.isUpdated(packageJSON.name, packageJSON.version, function(error, isUpdated) {
+        var command, onUpdate;
         if (error != null) {
           return done(error);
         }
         if (isUpdated) {
           return done(new Error('You\'re already running the latest version.'));
         }
-        return child_process.exec("npm install -g " + packageJSON.name, function(error, stdout, stderr) {
+        onUpdate = function(error, stdout, stderr) {
           if (error != null) {
             return done(error);
           }
@@ -28,6 +33,16 @@
           }
           console.info("Upgraded " + packageJSON.name + ".");
           return done();
+        };
+        command = "npm install --global " + packageJSON.name;
+        return child_process.exec(command, function(error, stdout, stderr) {
+          if (error != null) {
+            return onUpdate(null, stdout, stderr);
+          }
+          if (_.any([error.code === 3, error.code === 'EPERM', error.code === 'ACCES'])) {
+            return president.execute(command, onUpdate);
+          }
+          return done(error);
         });
       });
     }

lib/actions/update.coffee

@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
+_ = require('lodash')
 child_process = require('child_process')
+president = require('president')
 npm = require('../npm')
 packageJSON = require('../../package.json')
 
@@ -27,13 +29,30 @@ exports.update =
 			if isUpdated
 				return done(new Error('You\'re already running the latest version.'))
 
+			onUpdate = (error, stdout, stderr) ->
+				return done(error) if error?
+				return done(new Error(stderr)) if not _.isEmpty(stderr)
+				console.info("Upgraded #{packageJSON.name}.")
+				return done()
+
+			command = "npm install --global #{packageJSON.name}"
+
 			# Attempting to self update using the NPM API was not considered safe.
 			# A safer thing to do is to call npm as a child process
 			# https://github.com/npm/npm/issues/7723
-			child_process.exec "npm install -g #{packageJSON.name}", (error, stdout, stderr) ->
+			child_process.exec command, (error, stdout, stderr) ->
-				return done(error) if error?
+				return onUpdate(null, stdout, stderr) if error?
-				return done(new Error(stderr)) if not _.isEmpty(stderr)
+
+				if _.any [
+
+					# 3 is equivalent to EACCES for NPM
+					error.code is 3
+
+					error.code is 'EPERM'
+					error.code is 'ACCES'
+				]
+					return president.execute(command, onUpdate)
+
+				return done(error)
 
-				console.info("Upgraded #{packageJSON.name}.")
 
-				return done()

package.json

@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@
     "nplugm": "^2.1.0",
     "npm": "^2.6.1",
     "open": "0.0.5",
+    "president": "^1.0.0",
     "progress-stream": "^0.5.0",
     "resin-cli-visuals": "^0.1.0",
     "resin-sdk": "^1.2.0",