[Tutor] subprocess and su

[Eric Brunson]

Tino Dai wrote:
> Hi there,
>
>      I'm have a tough time figuring out how to get su and subprocess 
> working. I have
>
> PIPE=subprocess.pipe
>
> sbp=subprocess.Popen(["su","-",stdin=PIPE,stdout=PIPE,close_fds=True,shell=True) 
>
>
> how I thought that it was supposed to work was it would allow me to 
> use sbp.communicate() to
> send stuff to the stdin, and get information out. What do get is a 
> prompt ask for my password. 

I think you have the right understanding of Popen, you seem to be 
missing out on "su".  What happens when you type "su -" on the command line?

> Does
> anybody have an example that I can see (I have already check most of 
> the entries in google( or should
> I just use pexpect instead?
>
> -Thanks,
> Tino
>
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