On Mon, Oct 31, 2016, at 10:55, Wildman via Python-list wrote: > I have code using that approach but I am trying to save myself > from having to parse the entire shadow file. Grep will do it > for me if I can get code right.
Python already has built-in functions to parse the shadow file. https://docs.python.org/3/library/spwd.html#module-spwd But you can't use sudo this way if you use that. But why do you want to use sudo from within the python script instead of just running the python script with sudo? -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
