how to execute shell command from python [duplicate]

Question

how can I execute the following command in python please

sudo mount --bind /media/networkshare/camera /var/www/media

Community · Accepted Answer · 2017-05-23 11:46:45Z

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Technically you could use Python's subprocess module for this (see also this answer):

import subprocess

subprocess.check_call(['sudo', 'mount', '--bind', '/media/networkshare/camera', 
                  '/var/www/media'])

Of course, this will still prompt you for your password. If you don't want it to prompt for a password, then you'll have to setup sudo so that it can execute a single command as root. See the following guide for how to do that:

https://askubuntu.com/questions/155791/how-do-i-sudo-a-command-in-a-script-without-being-asked-for-a-password

edited May 23, 2017 at 11:46

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2 Comments

jfs Over a year ago

you should probably use check_call() instead of Popen. Popen doesn't wait for the child process to finish.

Mike Driscoll Over a year ago

True. You could just use subprocess.call too. I went ahead and updated my answer to use check_call as it seems better.

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