diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index a371ebb3..5e211044 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 *SVN*
 
+* Add :restart_via variable for specifying whether restart ought to use :sudo (default, use sudo)
+
+* Use SFTP for file transfers (if available).
+
 * Add an "update_current" task that will do an svn up on the current release
 
 * Use the :checkout variable to determine what operation to use for svn checkouts (instead of co, like "export").
diff --git a/lib/switchtower/actor.rb b/lib/switchtower/actor.rb
index d58fb577..d33c3905 100644
--- a/lib/switchtower/actor.rb
+++ b/lib/switchtower/actor.rb
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ module SwitchTower
 
       def initialize(name, options)
         @name, @options = name, options
+        @servers = nil
       end
 
       # Returns the list of servers (_not_ connections to servers) that are
@@ -110,7 +111,7 @@ module SwitchTower
         logger.trace "executing task #{name}"
         begin
           push_task_call_frame name
-          result = instance_eval &block
+          result = instance_eval(&block)
         ensure
           pop_task_call_frame
         end
diff --git a/lib/switchtower/recipes/standard.rb b/lib/switchtower/recipes/standard.rb
index 08eb560a..6091e85e 100644
--- a/lib/switchtower/recipes/standard.rb
+++ b/lib/switchtower/recipes/standard.rb
@@ -4,12 +4,18 @@
 #   application servers.
 # * The :web role has been defined as the set of machines consisting of the
 #   web servers.
-# * The Rails spinner and reaper scripts are being used to manage the FCGI
+# * The :db role has been defined as the set of machines consisting of the
+#   databases, with exactly one set up as the :primary DB server.
+# * The Rails spawner and reaper scripts are being used to manage the FCGI
 #   processes.
-# * There is a script in script/ called "reap" that restarts the FCGI processes
 
 set :rake, "rake"
 
+set :migrate_target, :current
+set :migrate_env, ""
+
+set :restart_via, :sudo
+
 desc "Enumerate and describe every available task."
 task :show_tasks do
   keys = tasks.keys.sort_by { |a| a.to_s }
@@ -91,14 +97,15 @@ task :symlink, :roles => [:app, :db, :web] do
   run "ln -nfs #{current_release} #{current_path}"
 end
 
-desc "Restart the FCGI processes on the app server."
+desc <<-DESC
+Restart the FCGI processes on the app server. This uses the :restart_via
+variable to determine whether to use sudo or not. By default, :restart_via is
+set to :sudo, but you can set it to :run if you are in a shared environment.
+DESC
 task :restart, :roles => :app do
-  sudo "#{current_path}/script/process/reaper"
+  send(restart_via, "#{current_path}/script/process/reaper")
 end
 
-set :migrate_target, :current
-set :migrate_env, ""
-
 desc <<-DESC
 Run the migrate rake task. By default, it runs this in the version of the app
 indicated by the 'current' symlink. (This means you should not invoke this task