RE: [tlug] executing a command that requires root from a python script

["Mike J" <astro_mikel@example.com>]

Doesn't really help but it sounds like something SSH keys could do.....

Cheers,


michael.

> From: "Hector Akamine" <akamine@example.com>
> Reply-To: Tokyo Linux Users Group <tlug@example.com>
> To: "Tokyo Linux Users Group" <tlug@example.com>
> Subject: [tlug] executing a command that requires root from a python script
> Date: Tue, 7 Aug 2007 10:51:28 +0900
>
> Hi,
>
> I would like to execute a command that requires root privileges from a
> python script, for example something like "su -l -c ifconfig"
>  (I don't want my entire python script running with root privileges).
> I can execute the command using subprocess.Popen(), but I am required to 
> enter
> the root password with the keyboard. I would like the python script
> to enter the password
>
> I have tried to do something like
> keyb = StringIO.StringIO()
> keyb.write('rootpass\n')
> subproc = subprocess.Popen(["su","-l","-c","ifconfig"], stdin=keyb)
>
> to try to create a file-like object and feed it as stdin to the subprocess,
> but it doesn't work (got an error)
>
> Is it possible to do this?
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Hector
>
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