os.path.expanduser ignores os.seteuid

[Graham Guttocks]

Why doesn't os.path.expanduser pay attention to the fact that I've
changed the process's effective user id?

As root:

Python 2.1.3 (#1, Apr 11 2002, 18:30:30) 
[GCC 2.95.3 20010315 (release) [FreeBSD]] on freebsd4
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>>> import os
>>> os.seteuid(667)
>>> os.path.expanduser("~")
'/root'
>>> 

Other functions like os.getlogin() don't have this problem.

Any workarounds?


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