How to run python script with root but without password

[Jolladay]

Hi there,

I'm fairly new to linux permissions. I have a Python script that does things such as run shell scripts, dd, ntfsclone, ntfsresize. Many of which require me to sudo and enter a password. The requirements are that the script should run on boot and not require a password of the user.

I have added various things to sudoers:

username ALL=(ALL) ALL
username ALL=NOPASSWD: /path/to/my/script.py
username ALL=NOPASSWD: /usr/bin/python,/bin/dd,/bin/sh

none of these seem to work. When I run

python myscript.py

it gets to the point in the script where it is running

os.system("./shellscript.sh")

and asks for a password.

Thanks for any help!

-Jolladay

[Jolladay]

Does anyone know how to do this?

-Jolladay

[boshkash1151]

try adding sudo at the beginning

sudo python myscript.py

also make sure to add it after %admin as noted here
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Sudoers