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Niclas Nilsson
Niclas Nilsson

Reputation: 5901

Linux command from python won't finish

If I run adduser testuser from the terminal the command asks me some questions like for a password. But this code:

import os
a = os.system('useradd testuser')

exist with error code 0 (no problem there). But it don't asks any question. Why is that? And how can I work around it. I also tried subprocess which did the same thing.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 198

Answers (2)

Thrill Science
Thrill Science

Reputation: 408

Do you mean it didn't finish, or did you not see the expected results.

Also, did you notice that you said "adduser" in the text of your question but "useradd" in the python code? You may have confused these two similar commands!

Upvotes: 2

Sven Marnach
Sven Marnach

Reputation: 601559

This is because adduser and useradd are two different programs. The former asks interactive questions, the latter doesn't. If you want the interactive prompts, call adduser, and use subprocess.call() to do so.

Upvotes: 8

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