[New-bugs-announce] [issue26968] glob.glob incorrect results under windows when pathname exists but interpreter does not have access permissions to pathname

[Krzysztof Warzecha]

New submission from Krzysztof Warzecha:

Hello,

I'm running python 3.5.1 under windows and I've noticed glob.glob is returning incorrect results when I'm using full path name to directory to which I don't have access permissions.

Please consider this:

    >> glob.glob('c:\\PerfLog*')
    ['c:\\PerfLogs']
    >> glob.glob('c:\\PerfLogs')
    []
    >> glob.glob('c:\\PerfLogs*')
    ['c:\\PerfLogs']

I tried to replicate this under Linux with "chmod 000", but so far I'm unable to. One more example from Windows: "c:\\System Volume Information". This is also the case for user-created directories where python interpreter does not have access rights to directory - I have one like that on my client's machine.

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components: Library (Lib), Windows
messages: 264917
nosy: kwarzecha7, paul.moore, steve.dower, tim.golden, zach.ware
priority: normal
severity: normal
status: open
title: glob.glob incorrect results under windows when pathname exists but interpreter does not have access permissions to pathname
type: behavior
versions: Python 3.5

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