How do I add users using Python scripts on a Linux machine

[Ivan Voras]

Sebastian 'lunar' Wiesner wrote:
> Carsten Haese <carsten at uniqsys.com> typed

>> I don't think that that has anything to do with Linux or not. The
>> script is not the actual executable, hence its suid bit is irrelevant.
> 
> I don't think so. From what I know, the script is passed as executable
> to the kernel loader, which interprets the shebang and feeds the script
> through the correct interpreter. So the kernel loader sees the script
> itself as executable instead of the interpreter binary. I've heard of
> other Unix systems, which handle this differently (meaning that the
> SUID bit on scripts has an effect), but I may be wrong.

Yes, the kernel parses #! but the suid-ness is still controlled by the
target interpreter (i.e. python executable). At least BSD systems also
behave this way.