Elevate is a small Python library that re-launches the current process with root/admin privileges using one of the following mechanisms:

Usage

To use, call elevate.elevate() early in your script. When run as root this function does nothing. When not run as root, this function replaces the current process (Linux, macOS) or creates a new process, waits, and exits (Windows). Consider the following example:

import os from elevate import elevate def is_root (): return os . getuid () == 0 print ( "before " , is_root ()) elevate () print ( "after " , is_root ())

This prints:

before False before True after True

On Windows, the new process’s standard streams are not attached to the parent, which is an inherent limitation of UAC. By default the new process runs in a new console window. To suppress this window, use elevate(show_console=False) .