On 2016-10-31, Wildman via Python-list wrote:
> On Mon, 31 Oct 2016 15:44:13 +1100, Ben Finney wrote:
>> Wildman via Python-list writes:
>>
>>> Python 2.7.9 on Linux
>>>
>>> Here is a bash command that I want to run from a python
>>> program: sudo grep "^user\:" /etc/shadow
>>
>> Some points t
On Mon, 31 Oct 2016 15:44:13 +1100, Ben Finney wrote:
> Wildman via Python-list writes:
>
>> Python 2.7.9 on Linux
>>
>> Here is a bash command that I want to run from a python
>> program: sudo grep "^user\:" /etc/shadow
>
> Some points to note:
>
> * Those commands are not special to Bash, o
On Mon, Oct 31, 2016 at 3:44 PM, Ben Finney wrote:
> Note that ‘sudo’ is specifically designed to be invoked interactively,
> seeking to verify that the current user has credentials to run the
> command.
>
> Note further that ‘sudo’ will record when the *current user session*
> last invoked ‘sudo’
Wildman via Python-list writes:
> Python 2.7.9 on Linux
>
> Here is a bash command that I want to run from a python
> program: sudo grep "^user\:" /etc/shadow
Some points to note:
* Those commands are not special to Bash, or any particular shell. They
invoke commands, without AFAIK any speci
