On Thu, 08 Aug 2013 23:11:09 -0500, Adam Mercer wrote: > Hi > > I'm trying to write a script that writes some content to a file root > through sudo, but it's not working at all. I am using: > > channel = 'stable' > config_file = '/opt/ldg/etc/channel.conf' > command = ['echo', '-n', channel, '|', 'sudo', 'tee', config_file] > p = subprocess.Popen(command, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, > stderr=subprocess.PIPE) > out, _ = p.communicate() > > But it seems as if this isn't doing anything. > > I just want to write the contents of the variable channel to the file > /opt/ldg/etc/channel.conf. But whatever I try just doesn't work. Can > anyone offer any pointers?
Do you find anything with: $ grep sudo /var/log/auth.log (you may need to specify a different log) Is the process that's trying to use the sudo command allowed to do so without a password? man sudoers Note - after editing /etc/sudoers you must set the permissions back to 440 -- Denis McMahon, denismfmcma...@gmail.com -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
