sudo-win32 1.0.2

The missing sudo command for win32

sudo-win32

This missing sudo command for win32.

Usage

pip install sudo_win32
sudo_win32 taskkill /F /im wslservice.exe

Note that the command is recommended to be a string. If this isn't done, then the command will be concatenated using subprocess.list2cmdline.

If this package solves a problem in your life then you are obligated to give this repo a star. If you don't, then you are a bad person.

In this releae the stdout and stderr are not returned when elevating privledges.

How this works

I discovered this solution while at Google and did a proper implementation of it.

This command executes an elevated command in windows. Very tricky. Many articles have been written about this topic. This is the best solution I could find is to use a mix of batch programs and powershell:

1. Powershell is used to execute a batch file and raises the privledges to admin level.
2. The batch file a. executes the command as admin. b. echoes "done" to a file as a normal user
3. The calling python waits until the "done" file appears then exits.

Development

To develop software, run . ./activate.sh

Windows

This environment requires you to use git-bash.

Linting

Run ./lint.sh to find linting errors using pylint, flake8 and mypy.

Release Notes

• 1.0.2 - The return value of the command is now returned when elevating privledges.
• 1.0.1 - Fixing the readme
• 1.0.0 - Initial release