Markus Rosjat <ros...@ghweb.de> wrote: > hi all, > > I have some old python scripts that using os.spawnl to execute stuff > like useradd combined with sudo. This worked just fine on systems with > sudo installed but these days we have doas and its totally enough for > things I use to do so I said to myself "lets update these old scripts > ..." . In code this was basically replasing os.spawnl with > subprocess.check_call but when I run this the useradd command doesnt > get executed by the script. On the cmd it does, so this works on cmd: > > doas useradd -u 666 -g =uid -s /sbin/nologin -d > /var/mail/domain.tld/vmailuser0666 vmailuser0666 > > but in the script I with the code like this: > > exit = subprocess.check_call(['doas', 'useradd', '-u %s' % user_id, > '-g =uid', > '-s /sbin/nologin', > '-d %s' % mb_parent_dir, > user_name]) > > I get an exception that seems to be related to the fact that doas isnt > really working here > > doas: Authorization failed <- this comes from the script even the > provided password is correct > > Traceback (most recent call last): > File "/root/scripts/mb_add", line 244, in <module> > mb_addresses) > File "/root/scripts/mb_add", line 174, in add_mailbox > user_name]) > File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/subprocess.py", line 190, in check_call > raise CalledProcessError(retcode, cmd) > subprocess.CalledProcessError: Command '['doas', 'useradd', '-u 666', > '-g =uid', '-s /sbin/nologin', '-d /var/mail/domain.tld/vmailuser666', > 'vmailuser666']' returned non-zero exit status 1 > > So does someone had some issues with migrating scripts from sudo to > doas, then some help or hintw would be very appreciated. > > > regards
hi what openbsd version are you using? did you try the command outside of python? There were issues with doas a few days ago in snapshots.
