Mounting shares with python

[Marcpp]

Hi, when i mount a share with python...

os.system ("mount -t smbfs -o username=nobody ...")

the problem is that I'll to be root.
Have a comand to send a root password...?
I've tried

os.system ("su")
os.system ("the password")

but it doesn't works.

 

[Diez B. Roggisch]

Hi, when i mount a share with python...

os.system ("mount -t smbfs -o username=nobody ...")

the problem is that I'll to be root.
Have a comand to send a root password...?
I've tried

os.system ("su")
os.system ("the password")

but it doesn't works.

You can try to use sudo

os.system ("sudo mount -t smbfs -o username=nobody ...")

It must be configured properly of course.

Diez

 

[Michael Bentley]

Hi, when i mount a share with python...

os.system ("mount -t smbfs -o username=nobody ...")

the problem is that I'll to be root.
Have a comand to send a root password...?
I've tried

os.system ("su")
os.system ("the password")

but it doesn't works.

Each call to os.system() spawns a new shell, so that approach
wouldn't work. If you have sudo configured such that you don't need
a password, you can use os.system ("sudo mount -t smbfs -o
username=nobody ..."). Otherwise (if you must use a password for
sudo -- or if you don't have sudo), you can use popen2 module <http://
docs.python.org/lib/module-popen2.html> to spawn a process you can
interact with.

-michael

 

[Carl J. Van Arsdall]

Hi, when i mount a share with python...

os.system ("mount -t smbfs -o username=nobody ...")

the problem is that I'll to be root.
Have a comand to send a root password...?
I've tried

os.system ("su")
os.system ("the password")

but it doesn't works.

I do a lot of that type of stuff. Just setup sudo access for that user
and have it state no password.

I also do that stuff on remote machines, similarly, setup ssh such that
you don't need to use a password. It will work

-c

--

Carl J. Van Arsdall
(e-mail address removed)
Build and Release
MontaVista Software

 

[Bjoern Schliessmann]

Hi, when i mount a share with python...

os.system ("mount -t smbfs -o username=nobody ...")

the problem is that I'll to be root.

Consider modifying /etc/fstab.

Have a comand to send a root password...?
I've tried

os.system ("su")
os.system ("the password")

but it doesn't works.

Be advised that storing a root password as clear text can be a huge
security risk. Use sudo.

Regards,


Björn

 

[half.italian]

Consider modifying /etc/fstab.




Be advised that storing a root password as clear text can be a huge
security risk. Use sudo.

Regards,

Björn

I use pexpect. http://pexpect.sourceforge.net/

~Sean