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diff --git a/python/vyos/util.py b/python/vyos/util.py
index 381cd0358..c2479aac4 100644
--- a/python/vyos/util.py
+++ b/python/vyos/util.py
@@ -21,12 +21,24 @@ import sys
# where it is used so it is as local as possible to the execution
#
-# There is many (too many) ways to run command with python
-# os.system, subprocess.Popen, subproces.{run,call,check_output}
-# which all have slighty different behaviour
-from subprocess import Popen, PIPE, STDOUT, DEVNULL
+
+def _need_sudo(command):
+ return os.path.basename(command.split()[0]) in ('systemctl', )
+
+
+def _add_sudo(command):
+ if _need_sudo(command):
+ return 'sudo ' + command
+ return command
+
+
+from subprocess import Popen
+from subprocess import PIPE
+from subprocess import DEVNULL
+
+
def popen(command, flag='', shell=None, input=None, timeout=None, env=None,
- stdout=PIPE, stderr=PIPE, decode='utf-8'):
+ stdout=PIPE, stderr=PIPE, decode='utf-8', autosudo=True):
"""
popen is a wrapper helper aound subprocess.Popen
with it default setting it will return a tuple (out, err)
@@ -52,15 +64,22 @@ def popen(command, flag='', shell=None, input=None, timeout=None, env=None,
the default is explicitely utf-8 which is python's own default
usage:
- to get both stdout, and stderr: popen('command', stdout=PIPE, stderr=STDOUT)
- to discard stdout and get stderr: popen('command', stdout=DEVNUL, stderr=PIPE)
+ get both stdout and stderr: popen('command', stdout=PIPE, stderr=STDOUT)
+ discard stdout and get stderr: popen('command', stdout=DEVNUL, stderr=PIPE)
"""
+
+ # airbag must be left as an import in the function as otherwise we have a
+ # a circual import dependency
from vyos import debug
from vyos import airbag
+
# log if the flag is set, otherwise log if command is set
if not debug.enabled(flag):
flag = 'command'
+ if autosudo:
+ command = _add_sudo(command)
+
cmd_msg = f"cmd '{command}'"
debug.message(cmd_msg, flag)
@@ -72,9 +91,11 @@ def popen(command, flag='', shell=None, input=None, timeout=None, env=None,
use_shell = True
if env:
use_shell = True
+
if input:
stdin = PIPE
input = input.encode() if type(input) is str else input
+
p = Popen(
command,
stdin=stdin, stdout=stdout, stderr=stderr,
@@ -112,9 +133,9 @@ def popen(command, flag='', shell=None, input=None, timeout=None, env=None,
def run(command, flag='', shell=None, input=None, timeout=None, env=None,
- stdout=DEVNULL, stderr=PIPE, decode='utf-8'):
+ stdout=DEVNULL, stderr=PIPE, decode='utf-8', autosudo=True):
"""
- A wrapper around vyos.util.popen, which discard the stdout and
+ A wrapper around popen, which discard the stdout and
will return the error code of a command
"""
_, code = popen(
@@ -128,14 +149,15 @@ def run(command, flag='', shell=None, input=None, timeout=None, env=None,
def cmd(command, flag='', shell=None, input=None, timeout=None, env=None,
- stdout=PIPE, stderr=PIPE, decode='utf-8',
+ stdout=PIPE, stderr=PIPE, decode='utf-8', autosudo=True,
raising=None, message='', expect=[0]):
"""
- A wrapper around vyos.util.popen, which returns the stdout and
+ A wrapper around popen, which returns the stdout and
will raise the error code of a command
- raising: specify which call should be used when raising (default is OSError)
+ raising: specify which call should be used when raising
the class should only require a string as parameter
+ (default is OSError) with the error code
expect: a list of error codes to consider as normal
"""
decoded, code = popen(
@@ -159,9 +181,9 @@ def cmd(command, flag='', shell=None, input=None, timeout=None, env=None,
def call(command, flag='', shell=None, input=None, timeout=None, env=None,
- stdout=PIPE, stderr=PIPE, decode='utf-8'):
+ stdout=PIPE, stderr=PIPE, decode='utf-8', autosudo=True):
"""
- A wrapper around vyos.util.popen, which print the stdout and
+ A wrapper around popen, which print the stdout and
will return the error code of a command
"""
out, code = popen(