I have figured many things out. system works, i just forgot to type os.system(). I have been looking into the os module and am finding alot of useful stuff. I still need to workout the best way to ask a user for a root password, show **** when typed and then pass it to the system...
thanks for any responses Mike Pindzola wrote: > Yes, I have did 'import os'. For starters I want to read the result of > 'pwd' and print it out in the program for the user to see what path is > being read. Also, I need to have a function to handle root access if > the user does not have such privledges since I will be mounting and > unmounting hardware. So a call to 'su' would be in order as well as > sending the user provided password back to it. > > Aside from that, just so copying of files, making dirs, and changing > file permissions. > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> Quoting Mike Pindzola <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> >> >> >>> Should I be even trying to make a system call? Is there a better way to >>> talk to the shell? Either way, please enlighten me. Thanks. >>> >> >> >> There may be a better way to achieve what you want to do, without >> using the >> shell at all. For example, the os and os.path modules include a >> range of >> functions for manipulating files and directories (listing, walking, >> moving, >> renaming, et cetera). Perhaps, if you say what you are trying to >> achieve, we >> can give some pointers. >> >> >> > _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - [email protected] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
