Linux-python-script-mounts-windows-drive-with-unescaped-password.py

#!/usr/bin/python
# addmount.py 
#
# This will add a shared drive using a given password. Only requirement is pexpect which can be downloaded using apt-get or pip
#
# - password contains $ and ! marks that need to be escaped
# - had issues putting these in the -o "password=" param and had issues with the cred file
import pexpect

password = "$wirleysaysneverquit!!!"
cmd = "sudo mount -t cifs -o username=myusername,domain=CORPORATE,rw,hard,nosetuids,noperm,sec=ntlm //mylong.evenlonger.shareddrivecompany.com/some/folder /mnt/folder -v"

p = pexpect.spawn(cmd)
p.expect(": ")
print(p.before + p.after + password)
p.sendline(password)
p.expect("\r\n")
output = p.read()
p.close()

list_output = output.split("\r\n")
for line in list_output:
    print(line)