Not able to pass password for password prompt

Question

I have the following code ,line "call("ectool --server=commander.company.com login username",shell=True)" prompts for a password,how do I pass the password to the shell?

from subprocess import call

def main():
    list = ['741679','741477']
    call("export COMMANDER_SERVER=commander.company.com" ,shell=True)
    call("ectool --server=commander.company.com login username",shell=True)
    #need to pass password

if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()

score 0 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 10:33

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You might want to check out the expect library for python. This library allows you to write a "script" which specifies how your program should respond to the subprocess, based on prompts.

You should be able to do something like this:

import pexpect
child = pexpect.spawn ('ectool --server=commander.company.com login username')
child.expect('Password:')
child.sendline('<supersecretpassword>')

note: credit where it's due - https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2387731/use-subprocess-to-send-a-password

edited May 23 '17 at 10:33

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answered May 08 '14 at 23:50

metasoarous

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I don't know. But if you find a solution like that, you can submit it as an answer to your own question. – metasoarous May 09 '14 at 00:01
how to install pexpect, File "test_ectool.py", line 3, in import pexpect ImportError: No module named pexpect – python.beginner May 09 '14 at 00:06
sudo -E pip install pexpect – python.beginner May 09 '14 at 00:10
its not working,i dont think the command is spawning..how to run it as a shell? – python.beginner May 09 '14 at 00:10
Are you on mac or linux? Ubuntu has a `python-pexpect` package you can install with `apt-get`. – metasoarous May 09 '14 at 00:17

Not able to pass password for password prompt

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