Debugging of applications that root (sudo) privileges is possible, though currently limited to external console applications. This is because of the prompt (terminal input) required to capture the password.

• Select the Python Console App debug configuration, when debugging the application
• Open the launch.json file and add the option sudo to debugOptions as follows:

          {
            "name": "External Terminal/Console",
            "type": "python",
            "request": "launch",
            "stopOnEntry": true,
            "pythonPath": "${config.python.pythonPath}",
            "program": "${file}",
            "cwd": "null",
            "console": "externalTerminal",
            "debugOptions": [
                "WaitOnAbnormalExit",
                "WaitOnNormalExit",
                "Sudo"
            ]
        },