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

• Use -S option in the sudo command which tells to read the password from 'stdin' instead of the terminal device.

• Tell Popen to read stdin from PIPE.

• Send the Password to the stdin PIPE of the process by using it as an argument to communicate method. Do not forget to add a new line character, '\n', at the end of the password.

sp = Popen(cmd , shell=True, stdin=PIPE)
out, err = sp.communicate(_user_pass+'\n')