I'm using Python 2.7 with the latest plumbum package from mac ports.
In general, plumbum works great. Though I'm having a heck of a time getting a sudo'd command to work. I've setup my /etc/sudoers for the commands I want to run without having to be prompted, so that's fine. I can run the commands manually without issue.
However, when I try the same from python using this:
sudo["/usr/local/some-magic-command here"]
sudo("-u " + sudoUser) # sudo user is userfoo
I receive the following error:
plumbum.commands.processes.ProcessExecutionError: Command line: ['/usr/bin/sudo', '-u userfoo']
Exit code: 1
Stderr: | sudo: unknown user: userfoo
The user does exist, so not exactly sure what the deal is here.
Comments?
There is no "-u userfoo" user. There is probably just "userfoo". Note: no -u prefix. Try:
from plumbum.cmd import sudo
as_userfoo = sudo["-u", sudo_user]
print(as_userfoo("whoami"))