I followed carpal's suggestion and all modifications to my deployment are done in my own deploy.rb script. I guess I have no choice but to deal w/ the numerous password requests.
My only question now is what 'user:group' should I assign to my app? My app is a website that I want publicly accessible so my first inclination is to set the app directory as 'root:root'. However, if I do this, then the deployment script must be run under the root user. Is this a good idea? I was under the impression that deployment should be handled by a separate user other than root.
For example, I want my app to be deployed to the following directory:
/var/www/app
Then, I would set the document_root in my appache setting to:
/var/www/app/current/
It is my understanding that if I want to be completely secure, than that whole directory should be set to the 'root:root' user:group ownership property.
Jd, I look forward to your write up!
Thanks!