Hey everyone. I tried to use os.chown() in the following manner:
os.chown('filen ame', 'username', 'groupname')
I got an error, and when I googled for this function I realized that I
must pass the numerical uid and gid. My question is, is there a way for
me to change ownership based on the name instead of the number? Perhaps
there's a function that will let me lookup the uid from the username,
and the gid from the groupname?
Thanks :)
James
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James Colannino <ja***@colannin o.org> writes: Hey everyone. I tried to use os.chown() in the following manner:
os.chown('filen ame', 'username', 'groupname')
I got an error, and when I googled for this function I realized that I
must pass the numerical uid and gid. My question is, is there a way
for me to change ownership based on the name instead of the number?
Perhaps there's a function that will let me lookup the uid from the
username, and the gid from the groupname?
You want pwd.getpwnam and grp.getgrnam.
<mike
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Mike Meyer wrote: You want pwd.getpwnam and grp.getgrnam.
Thanks. Hope my newbie questions haven't gotten on anybody's nerves yet ;)
James
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state, THE RIGHT of the people to keep and bear arms SHALL NOT BE
INFRINGED." --United States Constitution, Second Ammendment
James Colannino <ja***@colannin o.org> wrote:
Hey everyone. I tried to use os.chown() in the following manner:
os.chown('file name', 'username', 'groupname')
I got an error, and when I googled for this function I realized that I
must pass the numerical uid and gid. My question is, is there a way for
me to change ownership based on the name instead of the number? Perhaps
there's a function that will let me lookup the uid from the username,
and the gid from the groupname?
One way is:
os.system( 'chown username:groupn ame filename')
Are you doing this as root? The chown function is usually restricted to
root.
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