if you are running as a regular user add sudo priveledges
diff --git a/stack.sh b/stack.sh
index 14bcfb2..5366ae3 100755
--- a/stack.sh
+++ b/stack.sh
@@ -116,6 +116,14 @@
         exec su -c "set -e; cd $STACK_DIR; bash stack.sh" stack
     fi
     exit 1
+else
+    # Our user needs passwordless priviledges for certain commands which nova 
+    # uses internally.
+    # Natty uec images sudoers does not have a '#includedir'. add one.
+    sudo grep -q "^#includedir.*/etc/nsudoers.d" /etc/sudoers ||
+        echo "#includedir /etc/nsudoers.d" | sudo tee -a /etc/sudoers
+    sudo cp $FILES/sudo/nova /etc/sudoers.d/stack_sh_nova
+    sudo sed -e "s,%USER%,$USER,g" -i /etc/sudoers.d/stack_sh_nova
 fi
 
 # Set the destination directories for openstack projects
@@ -364,8 +372,6 @@
 # it since we are going to run the services in screen for simple
 cp $FILES/screenrc ~/.screenrc
 
-## TODO: update current user to allow sudo for all commands in files/sudo/*
-
 # Rabbit
 # ---------