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dd_doriz
dd_doriz

Reputation: 19

Unable to execute sudo command in python script

I am attempting to execute sudo from a python script:

import os
command = 'id'
os.popen("sudo -S %s"%(command), 'w').write('password')

My server is configured to not allow non-TTY shells to execute sudo for security reasons, is there a workaround for this to execute the sudo command using python (without using su).

The above code outputs:

sudo: sorry, you must have a tty to run sudo

Upvotes: 1

Views: 591

Answers (1)

stark
stark

Reputation: 13189

Based on this: https://stackoverflow.com/a/21444480/1216776 you should be able to do:

import os
import pty
command = 'id'

scmd ="sudo -S %s"%(command)

def reader(fd):
  return os.read(fd)

def writer(fd):
    yield 'password'
    yield ''

pty.spawn(scmd, reader, writer)

Upvotes: 1

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