os.chown()

[Mike Meyer]

James Colannino <james at colannino.org> writes:

> Hey everyone.  I tried to use os.chown() in the following manner:
>
> os.chown('filename', '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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