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

[Simon Cozens <simon@example.com>]

Hector Akamine wrote:
> 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).

Can you use sudo instead? That's the sort of thing it was designed for.

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