why i can't read sda1 with python?

[Corey Richardson]

On Sat, 2 Jun 2012 10:14:36 +0800
"水静流深" <1248283536 at qq.com> <1248283536 at qq.com> wrote:

> [snip]
> i want to read  sda1  with python:
> >>> file=open('/dev/sda1','rb')
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
> IOError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/dev/sda1'
> 
> how can i own the access to read sda1?
>

You need read privileges. Either change the permissions of /dev/sda1,
or run python as root.

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Corey Richardson