Hi Peter,
On Thu, Apr 10, 2014 at 2:30 PM, Peter Otten <[email protected]> wrote: > Dharmit Shah wrote: > >> I am trying to create a script that will go through the >> /var/log/secure file on a Linux system and provide desktop >> notifications for failed login attempts. >> >> Here is the code - http://pastebin.com/MXP8Yd91 >> And here's notification.py - http://pastebin.com/BhsSTP6H >> >> I am facing issue in the function "new_attempts_from_last". I am not >> able to raise a desktop notification from this function. It always >> fails with this traceback - http://pastebin.com/cgHMScv3 >> >> I see this error only when I try to raise a notification from the >> aforementioned function. If I run test examples under >> /usr/share/doc/notify-python/examples, it works just fine. Also, if I >> try to raise a notification from under if __name__ == "__main__":, it >> works without any issues. So I don't think there's any issue with OS's >> notification daemon. Running from python shell like below also works >> fine: >> >> In [1]: import notification >> >> In [2]: notification.notification("Hey") >> >> What am I missing or doing wrong here? >> >> If it matters, I am running Fedora 20, python 2.7 and Cinnamon desktop >> environment. >> >> For readability purposes, I have provided pastebin links. Let me know >> if this is not the correct way. > Thanks for your prompt response. > Maybe you are running the code as a user that has no "desktop"? Here's a > strapped-down demo: > > $ cat notify_demo.py > import pynotify > import sys > > pynotify.init("Notification") > n = pynotify.Notification("Notification", " ".join(sys.argv[1:])) > n.show() > $ python notify_demo.py hello world > > The notification appeared on my desktop. However, when trying again as root > I got the error you are seeing: > > $ sudo su > # python notify_demo.py hello again > Traceback (most recent call last): > File "notify_demo.py", line 6, in <module> > n.show() > glib.GError: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown: The name > org.freedesktop.Notifications was not provided by any .service files > That does ring some bells. I am logged into my F20 system as non-root user but since reading /var/log/secure file requires superuser privileges, I am running it as sudo: sudo python secure.py That probably explains the issue I am facing. I will add the user to the root group and see if it helps. Regards, Dharmit. > > _______________________________________________ > Tutor maillist - [email protected] > To unsubscribe or change subscription options: > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - [email protected] To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
