On Mon, 31 Oct 2016 11:55:26 -0500, Wildman wrote: > On Mon, 31 Oct 2016 11:05:23 -0400, Random832 wrote: > >> 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 > > I didn't know about that module. Thanks, this can simplify > things for me. > >> 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? > > In view of the module I just learned about, that would be > a better approach.
I made a discovery that I thought I would share. When using sudo to run the script the environment variable $USER will always return 'root'. Not what I wanted. But this will work: user = os.environ["SUDO_USER"] shadow = spwd.getspnam(user) That will return the actual user name that invoked sudo. -- <Wildman> GNU/Linux user #557453 The cow died so I don't need your bull! -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
