os.path.isdir strange behaviouring

[Aahz Maruch]

In article <394e3d29.0 at katana.legend.co.uk>,
Thomas Mangin <thomasm at legend.co.uk> wrote:
>
>I notice that if a directory is root owned and chmoded 700 (let say /test)
>and if it contain a directory called test2
>os.path.isdir("/test/test2") return 0 if called by a "normal user"
>I was expecting an exception.

Why were you expecting an exception?
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