From 50b34b96590fb1ec9f88238d6256757224e0a636 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ben Doherty <ben@thinkoomph.com>
Date: Fri, 3 Jun 2016 10:06:23 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] If hosts file is writable without sudo, don't use sudo

---
 lib/vagrant-hostmanager/hosts_file/updater.rb | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/lib/vagrant-hostmanager/hosts_file/updater.rb b/lib/vagrant-hostmanager/hosts_file/updater.rb
index 97d412c..a49df67 100644
--- a/lib/vagrant-hostmanager/hosts_file/updater.rb
+++ b/lib/vagrant-hostmanager/hosts_file/updater.rb
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ module VagrantPlugins
             copy_proc = Proc.new { windows_copy_file(file, hosts_location) }
           else
             hosts_location = '/etc/hosts'
-            copy_proc = Proc.new { `sudo cp #{file} #{hosts_location}` }
+            copy_proc = Proc.new { `[ -w #{hosts_location} ] && cat #{file} > #{hosts_location} || sudo cp #{file} #{hosts_location}` }
           end
 
           FileUtils.cp(hosts_location, file)