How to save a file in vscode-remote SSH with a non-root user privileges

Question

I am not able to save any files on my remote server with VSCode Remote SSH because I am not a root user.

I've followed the official documentation about how to set up ssh with SSH config file but even if my user as sudo privileges, I can't find any options in VSCode to save with sudo.

here is my SSH config file /Users/geoff/.ssh/config:

Host gcpmain
    User geoff
    HostName <IP_ADDRESS>
    IdentityFile ~/.ssh/gc_rsa

Obviously, when I try to save any files that require sudo I have this expected error message:

Failed to save 'default': Unable to write file (NoPermissions
 (FileSystemError): Error: EACCES: permission denied, open 
'/etc/nginx/sites-available/default')

Is there any way that I can force VSCode to save as sudo? Thanks a lot for your answers! :)

Answer 1

I have faced the same question when I tried to edit the nginx conf files on my VPS. There is an open issue at github: Elevate rights on SSH remote, addressing similar problems.

As a temporary solution you can use WinScp - add sudo /path/to/sftp-server to your connection settings and then you can save changes to most (if not any) file. WinScp use sudo on login.