Using sudo with Python script

Question

I\'m trying to write a small script to mount a VirtualBox shared folder each time I execute the script. I want to do it with Python, because I\'m trying to learn it for scri

Answer 1

I used this for python 3.5. I did it using subprocess module.Using the password like this is very insecure.

The subprocess module takes command as a list of strings so either create a list beforehand using split() or pass the whole list later. Read the documentation for moreinformation.

#!/usr/bin/env python
import subprocess

sudoPassword = 'mypass'
command = 'mount -t vboxsf myfolder /home/myuser/myfolder'.split()

cmd1 = subprocess.Popen(['echo',sudoPassword], stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
cmd2 = subprocess.Popen(['sudo','-S'] + command, stdin=cmd1.stdout, stdout=subprocess.PIPE)

output = cmd2.stdout.read.decode()