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Call subprocess sudo from uwsgi

I am executing a sudo statement from python over uwsgi. I configured the account (www-data) to not need a password for sudo but it does not work.

If I run from shell, it works properly with the desired account:

www-data@srv sudo iptables -L -n

but from my script and uwsgi, it prompts for password.

In sudoers I have: 

www-data ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: /sbin/iptables

and in my python script: 

subprocess.call(['sudo', '/sbin/iptables -L -n'])

Thanks and sorry for my english.

Solution

  • i tested this code on my server, it could be a good alternative :

    subprocess.call("sudo" + " /sbin/iptables -L -n", shell=True)

    see https://docs.python.org/2/library/subprocess.html