James Colannino <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hey everyone. I tried to use os.chown() in the following manner: > > os.chown('filename', 'username', 'groupname') > > I got an error, and when I googled for this function I realized that I > must pass the numerical uid and gid. My question is, is there a way > for me to change ownership based on the name instead of the number? > Perhaps there's a function that will let me lookup the uid from the > username, and the gid from the groupname?
You want pwd.getpwnam and grp.getgrnam. <mike -- Mike Meyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/ Independent WWW/Perforce/FreeBSD/Unix consultant, email for more information. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list