Mount partition or folder using python on any linux distro

PyDriveMount.py

#!/usr/bin/env python3


"""
Object Name : PyDriveMount
Author : kawser
Author Blog : http://blog.kawser.org
Date : 20/04/2014
Time : 1:40 PM

Objective : mount a drive or folder using python
"""





import os
import subprocess





#mount -t ntfs -o fmask=0022,dmask=0000,uid=1000,gid=1000

""" Py Drive Mount Object """
class PyDriveMount(object):
    def __init__(self):
        pass
    

    def l_whoami(self):
        c = subprocess.Popen(['whoami'], stdout=subprocess.PIPE).stdout.read().split()
        if len(c) == 1:return str(c[0],"utf-8")
        return None
        
    def l_mount(self):
        c = subprocess.Popen(['mount'], stdout=subprocess.PIPE).stdout.read()
        return str(c,"utf-8")
    
    def l_id(self):
        """get user id through linux command"""
        c = subprocess.Popen(['id'], stdout=subprocess.PIPE).stdout.read().split()
        #print( c )
        if len(c) == 3:return c
        return None
    
    
    
    def isAdmin(self):
        """Check if the user has admin privileges"""
        _id = str(self.l_id()[0],"utf-8") #get user id
        if _id !=None:
            if _id.find("root")!=-1:
                return True
        return False
    
    
    def isRoot(self):return self.isAdmin()
    
    
    def isDriveMounted(self,drive):
        _mount = self.l_mount()
        if _mount.find(drive)!=-1:return True
        return False
        
    

    def mountFolder(self,src,dst):
        if self.isDriveMounted(src):
            print( "%s  already mounted"%src )
            return False
        elif self.isRoot():
            #if directory is not exists create a new one
            if not os.path.exists(dst):
                os.makedirs(dst)
            cmd_sequence = []
            cmd_sequence.append("mount")
            cmd_sequence.append("--bind")
            cmd_sequence.append(src)
            cmd_sequence.append(dst)
            c = subprocess.Popen(cmd_sequence, stdout=subprocess.PIPE).stdout.read().split()
            return True
        else:
            print ("Are you root?")
        return False        
    
    
    def mountDrive(self,drive,drive_mount_point,ptype = "ntfs"):
        if self.isDriveMounted(drive):
            print( "%s drive already mounted"%drive )
            return False
        elif self.isRoot():
            #if directory is not exists create a new one
            if not os.path.exists(drive_mount_point):
                os.makedirs(drive_mount_point)
            cmd_sequence = []
            cmd_sequence.append("mount")
            cmd_sequence.append("-t")
            cmd_sequence.append(ptype)
            cmd_sequence.append("-o")
            cmd_sequence.append("fmask=0022,dmask=0000,uid=1000,gid=1000")
            cmd_sequence.append(drive)
            cmd_sequence.append(drive_mount_point)
            c = subprocess.Popen(cmd_sequence, stdout=subprocess.PIPE).stdout.read().split()
            return True
        else:
            print ("Are you root?")
        
        return False
####################################################################################################


if __name__ == "__main__":

    drives = {
        u"/dev/sda2" : u"WinHDD",
        u"/dev/sda5" : u"DevHDD",
        u"/dev/sda6" : u"EduHDD",
        u"/dev/sda7" : u"MediaHDD"
    }
    
    folder = {
        u"/media/kawser/DevHDD/WorkSpace"      : u"/home/kawser/WorkSpace",
        u"/media/kawser/MediaHDD/DownloadsHDD" : u"/home/kawser/Downloads",
        
        }
    
    pdm = PyDriveMount()
    drive_root = u"/media/kawser"
    
    
    
    if pdm.isRoot():
        #mounting drives
        for i in drives.keys():
            _mount_point = "%s/%s" %( drive_root , drives[i] )
            pdm.mountDrive( i , _mount_point )
        
        #mounting folder
        for src in folder.keys():
            pdm.mountFolder(src,folder[src])
    else:
        print ("You don't have root privileges")
    ###################