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• 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 lchmod() method.
#!/usr/bin/python
import os, sys
# Open a file
path = "/var/www/html/foo.txt"
fd = os.open( path, os.O_RDWR|os.O_CREAT )
# Close opened file
os.close( fd )
# Now change the file mode.
# Set a file execute by group.
os.lchmod( path, stat.S_IXGRP)
# Set a file write by others.
os.lchmod("/tmp/foo.txt", stat.S_IWOTH)
print "Changed mode successfully!!"
Let us compile and run the above program, this will produce the following result:
print "Changed mode successfully!!"
os.lchown(path, uid, gid)
Description
The method lchown() changes the owner and group id of path to the numeric uid and gid. This function will not
follow symbolic links. To leave one of the ids unchanged, set it to -1. .
Syntax
Following is the syntax for lchown() method:
os.lchown(path, uid, gid)
Parameters
• path -- This is the file path for which ownership to be set.
• uid -- This is the Owner ID to be set for the file.
• gid -- This is the Group ID to be set for the file.
Return Value
This method does not return any value.
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