Re: Using sudo to write to a file as root from a script

From	Nobody <nobody@nowhere.com>
Subject	Re: Using sudo to write to a file as root from a script
Date	2013-08-09 21:16 +0100
Message-Id	<pan.2013.08.09.20.16.13.353000@nowhere.com>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.python
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On Fri, 09 Aug 2013 21:12:20 +0100, Nobody wrote:

> Try:
> 
>   command = ['sudo', 'tee', config_file]
>   p = subprocess.Popen(command, stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
> stderr=subprocess.PIPE)
>   out, _ = p.communicate('channel')

Oops; you also need stdin=subprocess.PIPE.

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Using sudo to write to a file as root from a script Adam Mercer <ramercer@gmail.com> - 2013-08-08 23:11 -0500
  Re: Using sudo to write to a file as root from a script Denis McMahon <denismfmcmahon@gmail.com> - 2013-08-09 04:36 +0000
  Re: Using sudo to write to a file as root from a script Nobody <nobody@nowhere.com> - 2013-08-09 21:12 +0100
    Re: Using sudo to write to a file as root from a script Nobody <nobody@nowhere.com> - 2013-08-09 21:16 +0100

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