Thank you both for your help. I don't know why I didn't think of that
before. I had the expect mindset, and was determined to get it working
that way.
I added an entry for sudo for the script and it works without a hitch.
I'm still curious to know what was going on to disallow the
authentication
Since it wont require pyexpect, and based on the operations you
accomplish with your python script, maybe that a bash script instead of
a python one might be the best tool for the job you're trying to
accomplish.
martdi wrote:
> Sudo is probably the best solution here, since in the file sudo.conf
Sudo is probably the best solution here, since in the file sudo.conf
you could restrict the www user only to the python script that requires
it.
Also, using either sudo or the setuid flag would remove the need of
pexpect since all the commands will be run as the designated user.
for setuid flag:
> Well, first i don't think it is a good idea to have the python script
> tu su to root, but for it to work, i think (Totally unsure about that)
> www has to be in group wheel to be able to su.
Maybe sudo can help here.
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Well, first i don't think it is a good idea to have the python script
tu su to root, but for it to work, i think (Totally unsure about that)
www has to be in group wheel to be able to su.
An other way to make your script run as root is to set the setuid bit
on your python script to make it run as
