diff --git a/tsshbatch.py b/tsshbatch.py
index bf721f6..5e87dc7 100755
--- a/tsshbatch.py
+++ b/tsshbatch.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 PROGNAME = "tsshbatch.py"
 BASENAME = PROGNAME.split(".py")[0]
 PROGENV  = BASENAME.upper()
-RCSID    = "$Id: tsshbatch.py,v 1.116 2011/11/04 19:32:56 tundra Exp $"
+RCSID    = "$Id: tsshbatch.py,v 1.117 2011/11/04 20:08:28 tundra Exp $"
 VERSION = RCSID.split()[2]
 
 
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@
 PADWIDTH    = 30
 SEPARATOR   = " --->  "
 SUCCESS     = "SUCCESS"
+SUDO        = 'sudo'
 TRAILER     = ": "
 USAGE       = "Usage:  tsshbatch.py [-k] [-n name] [-p pw] [-h 'host host ..' | serverlistfile] command arg arg arg \n" +\
     "          where,\n"                                                                 +\
@@ -61,7 +62,7 @@
 eBADFILE      =  "Cannot open '%s'!"
 eNOCONNECT    =  "Cannot Connect! (Name/Address Bad?  Destination Unreachable?)"
 eNOLOGIN      =  "Cannot Login! (Login/Password Bad?)"
-
+eSUDOPW       =  "Must Specify Password When Using %s Commands!" % SUDO
 
 #####
 # Prompts
@@ -111,7 +112,17 @@
         else:
             ssh.connect(host, username=user, password=pw)
 
+#        chan = ssh.invoke_shell()
+#        stdin, stdout, stderr = chan.exec_command('tty')
+#        stdin.write("%s\n" % command)
         stdin, stdout, stderr = ssh.exec_command(command)
+
+        # Handle sudo commands
+
+        if command.startswith(SUDO):
+            stdin.write("%s\n" % pw)
+            stdin.flush()
+            
         PrintReport([host, SUCCESS] + stdout.readlines() + stderr.readlines())
         
     # Catch authentication problems explicitly
@@ -241,6 +252,13 @@
 else:
     CMD = " ".join(args[0:])
 
+# If user want 'sudo' execution, they MUST provide a password
+# because key exchange-based authentication is not part of sudo
+
+CMD = CMD.strip()
+if CMD.startswith(SUDO) and not PWORD:
+    ErrorExit(eSUDOPW)
+    
 # Iterate over the list of hosts, executing the command
 
 for host in HOSTS: