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• stat.S_IRGRP: Read by group.
• stat.S_IWGRP: Write by group.
• stat.S_IXGRP: Execute by group.
• stat.S_IRWXO: Read, write, and execute by others.
• stat.S_IROTH: Read by others.
• stat.S_IWOTH: Write by others.
• stat.S_IXOTH: Execute by others.
Syntax
Following is the syntax for chmod() method:
os.chmod(path, mode);
Parameters
• path -- This is the path for which mode would be set.
• mode -- This may take one of the above mentioned values or bitwise ORed combinations of them.
Return Value
This method does not return any value.
Example
The following example shows the usage of chmod() method:
#!/usr/bin/python
import os, sys, stat
# Assuming /tmp/foo.txt exists, Set a file execute by the group.
os.chmod("/tmp/foo.txt", stat.S_IXGRP)
# Set a file write by others.
os.chmod("/tmp/foo.txt", stat.S_IWOTH)
print "Changed mode successfully!!"
Let us compile and run the above program, this will produce the following result:
Changed mode successfully!!
os.chown(path, uid, gid)
Description
The method chown() changes the owner and group id of path to the numeric uid and gid. To leave one of the ids
unchanged, set it to -1.To set ownership, you would need super user privilege..
Syntax
Following is the syntax for chown() method:
os.chown(path, uid, gid);
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