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

The user you are running this as must have sudo permission to run the passwd command without a password.

>>> from subprocess import Popen
>>> proc = Popen(['/usr/bin/sudo', '/usr/bin/passwd', 'test', '--stdin'])
>>> proc.communicate('newpassword')