Mongrel users - May 2008 - mongrel_rails cluster::restart task via capistrano mongrel_cluster/recipes problem.

Hi Guys,
I hope its ok to post to this list. I have a rails on ubuntu deployment stack 
which consists of:

locally: cap 2.3.0 and all latest deps
server side: apache 2.3, mongrel_cluster, mod_proxy and git on the
same host.

I am connecting to my remote host via ssh with agent and pass phrase. All is 
good until my first mongrel task, deploy:restart task. I have included the 
mongrel_cluster/recipes via: require ''mongrel_cluster/recipes''
inside of my
deploy.rb. For some reason when the cap deploy hits the
''deploy:restart'' task
which is the first mongrel task I am prompted for a password and the task 
fails. I am not sure why. My :user and :runner are both members of the sudoers 
on the server. I have put my deploy.rb here:

http://pastie.caboo.se/204609

I think it must be some sort of permissions problem. I have mongrel set up as 
user ''mongrel'' and a member of the
''www-data'' group. I am deploying as the
deployment user who is a member of the ''www-data'' group and
sudoers. If I
login to the server as the deployment user and execute the mongrel_rails 
cluster::restart command by hand it works fine. Any help or pointers would be 
greatly appreciated.

many thanks,
John
-- 
St.john Goldfinger
Managing Director
KidSafe Software LTD