title: Running Rake Without Shell Access?
body: <p>For a RoR installation, is there any way to run <code>rake</code> commands without root access? </p>
  
  <p>To put it another way, is there any way to get <code>db:create</code> and <code>db:migrate</code> to be run without root access (perhaps automatically or something)? Or can I run <code>rake</code> commands from a RoR <code>controller</code>?</p>