On Apr 8, 1:19 pm, "Tim Arnold" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > "Mike Driscoll" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message > > news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > On Apr 8, 12:03 pm, "Tim Arnold" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> <snip> > > According to the following thread, you can use os.chmod on Windows: > > >http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-list/2003-June/210268.html > > > You can also do it with the PyWin32 package. Tim Golden talks about > > one way to do it here: > > >http://timgolden.me.uk/python/win32_how_do_i/add-security-to-a-file.html > > > Also see the following thread: > > >http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-win32/2004-July/002102.html > > > or > > >http://bytes.com/forum/thread560518.html > > > Hope that helps! > > > Mike > > Hi Mike, > It does help indeed, especially the last two links. That certainly gets me > started in the right direction. I'm always amazed at the helpful generosity > of the folks on this list. > thanks again for the help. > --Tim Arnold
Hi Tim, I thought I'd used the methods in those last two links before, but I was thinking of changing permissions on running services to reboot a PC, which is not quite the same. If you run into more issues, there's a PyWin32 mailing list with helpful people there too. You can find it here: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-win32 Mike -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
