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Parameters
• path -- This is the path for which owner id and group id need to be setup.
• uid -- This is Owner ID to be set for the file.
• gid -- This is Group ID to be set for the file.
Return Value
This method does not return any value.
Example
The following example shows the usage of chown() method.
#!/usr/bin/python
import os, sys
# Assuming /tmp/foo.txt exists.
# To set owner ID 100 following has to be done.
os.chown("/tmp/foo.txt", 100, -1)
print "Changed ownership successfully!!"
Let us compile and run the above program, this will produce the following result:
Changed ownership successfully!!
os.chroot(path)
Description
The method chroot() changes the root directory of the current process to the given path.To use this method, you
would need super user privilege.
Syntax
Following is the syntax for chroot() method:
os.chroot(path);
Parameters
• path -- This is the path which would be set as root for the current process.
Return Value
This method does not return any value.
Example
The following example shows the usage of chroot() method.
#!/usr/bin/python
import os, sys
# To set the current root path to /tmp/user
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