How to change a Linux user password from python

Question

I\'m having problems with changing a Linux user\'s password from python. I\'ve tried so many things, but I couldn\'t manage to solve the issue, here is the sample of things

Answer 1

For those that --stdin isn't an option:

import subprocess
cmd = "bash -c \"echo -e 'NewPassword\\nNewPassword' | passwd root\""
subprocess.check_call(cmd, shell=True)