Sudo after connecting via SFTP?

[zomgmike]

Is there some way to connect via my FTP account "mike" and then run sudo -su and enter a password so as to escalate my permissions? I'm unable to figure out how (if it is even possible.)

[boco]

No, running commands requires the full SSH2 secure shell. FileZilla does only support the SFTP subsystem which doesn't have a shell at all.

[botg]

Note that interactive shells and sudo are not a standardized, it is not possible to use the interactive shell from GUI programs without risking total data loss. sudo could very well be the command to launch nuclear missiles on some systems.

[zomgmike]

I just circled back around to working on this project and while the thread is now a few days old, I wanted to make sure you were told thank you for the answer. You guys probably don't hear that enough for the number of questions you answer for idiots like me!

I didn't know that sudo was not standardized, and the concept that someone could (totally would!) make it act differently on a certain system definitely made me laugh out loud.