How can I set a users password in linux from a python script?

Question

I\'m trying to automate the setup of SFTP access. This script is running as a user with sudo permissions and no password.

I can create a user like so:

Answer 1

You forgot this:

stdin=subprocess.PIPE

To send data to the process, you need a stdin.

So the full statement is:

process = subprocess.Popen(['sudo', 'chpasswd'], stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stdin=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE)

and then call communicate('password').