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]

Re: Mounting shares with python

Marcpp wrote:

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]

Re: Mounting shares with python


On Jan 26, 2007, at 6:40 AM, Marcpp wrote:

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.htmlto spawn a process you can
interact with.

-michael

[Carl J. Van Arsdall]

Re: Mounting shares with python

Marcpp wrote:

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
cvanarsdall@mvi sta.com
Build and Release
MontaVista Software

[Bjoern Schliessmann]

Re: Mounting shares with python

Marcpp wrote:

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

--
BOFH excuse #9:

doppler effect

[half.italian@gmail.com]

Re: Mounting shares with python

On Jan 26, 10:27 am, Bjoern Schliessmann <usenet-
mail-0306.20.chr0n.. .@spamgourmet.c omwrote:

Marcpp wrote:

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
>
--
BOFH excuse #9:
>
doppler effect

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

~Sean