running a command as a super user from a python script
Try:
subprocess.call(['sudo', 'apach2ctl', 'restart'])
The subprocess needs to access the real stdin/out/err for it to be able to prompt you, and read in your password. If you set them up as pipes, you need to feed the password into that pipe yourself.
If you don't define them, then it grabs sys.stdout, etc...
Another way is to make your user a password-less sudo user.
Type the following on command line:
sudo visudoThen add the following and replace the <username> with yours:
<username> ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: ALLThis will allow the user to execute sudo command without having to ask for password (including application launched by the said user. This might be a security risk though