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  • James Colannino
    #1

    os.chown()

    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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    • Mike Meyer
      #2
      Re: os.chown()

      James Colannino <james@colannin o.org> writes:
      [color=blue]
      > 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?[/color]

      You want pwd.getpwnam and grp.getgrnam.

      <mike
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      Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.or g> http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/
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        • James Colannino
          #3
          Re: os.chown()

          Mike Meyer wrote:
          [color=blue]
          >You want pwd.getpwnam and grp.getgrnam.
          >
          >[/color]

          Thanks. Hope my newbie questions haven't gotten on anybody's nerves yet ;)

          James

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          My homepage: http://james.colannino.org/

          "A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free
          state, THE RIGHT of the people to keep and bear arms SHALL NOT BE
          INFRINGED." --United States Constitution, Second Ammendment

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            • Tim Roberts
              #4
              Re: os.chown()

              James Colannino <james@colannin o.org> wrote:[color=blue]
              >
              >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?[/color]

              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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              - Tim Roberts, timr@probo.com
              Providenza & Boekelheide, Inc.

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