Fwd: Converting a script to Python 3 - having trouble.

[Russell Jackson]

Hi,
I have the following code that works fine in Python 2.x, but I can't seem to
get it to work in Python 3 with Popen. Can you please tell me how to get the
same functionality out of Python 3? The gist of what I doing is in the
setpassword function. I have tried numerous ways to get this to work, and
just can't figure it out, and the docs on Popen are no help whatsoever on
how to use the now open process. The examples completely skip over what to
do with the process after you open it.

The command I am running is a Perforce "p4 passwd username" command. It
prompts for the password twice, and I have to enter it twice to reset a
user's password. I would appreciate your help on getting this to work under
Python 3.

Rusty


Working code in Python 2.x (Does not work in Python 3.)

import os
import string
import sys
import time


###############################################################################
def setpassword(user):
password = "passworD\n"

p4passwd = os.popen( "p4 passwd %s" % user, 'w' )
time.sleep(1)
 p4passwd.write( password )
time.sleep(1)
p4passwd.write( password )

if p4passwd.close() == 1:
print "Password reset failed.\n"
 sys.exit( 1 )

###############################################################################
if __name__ == '__main__':
 if len (sys.argv) <= 1:
print "Read the usage section at the top of the script for required
parameters."
 sys.exit(1)

user = sys.argv[1]

setpassword(user)





Attempted code in Python 3: (Doesn't work either)



import os
import string
import sys
import time
import platform
from subprocess import *

if platform.system() == "Windows":
    p4="p4.exe"
else:
    p4="/p4/1/bin/p4_1"

###############################################################################
def log(msglevel="DEBUG", message=""):
    if msglevel == "TEST":
        print("Running in test mode. Command run would have been:\n",
message)
    elif msglevel == "ERROR":
        print(message)
        sys.exit(1)
    elif (verbosity == "3"):
        print(message)
    elif (verbosity == "2" and msglevel == "INFO"):
        print(message)

###############################################################################
def setpassword(user):
    password = "passworD\n"
    try:
        cmd = ' passwd {0}'.format(user)
        pipe = Popen(p4 + cmd, shell=True, stdin=PIPE, stdout=PIPE,
stderr=PIPE, universal_newlines=True)
        stderr = pipe.stdin.write(password)
        time.sleep(1)
        stderr = pipe.stdin.write(password)
        if pipe.stdin.close != 0:
            log("ERROR", "Password reset failed.\n{0}{1} generated the
following error: {2}".format(p4, cmd, stderr))
    except OSError as err:
        log("ERROR", "Execution failed: {0}".format(err))

###############################################################################
if __name__ == '__main__':
 if len (sys.argv) <= 1:
print ("Read the usage section at the top of the script for required
parameters.")
 sys.exit(1)

user = sys.argv[1]

setpassword(user)




-- 
Rusty

775-636-7402 Office
775-851-1982 Fax



-- 
Rusty

775-636-7402 Office
775-851-1982 Fax
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