New submission from do1 :
os.chown() can not change uid/gid to valid but high number.
# chown 4294967294.4294967294 a
# ls -l a
-rw-r--r-- 1 4294967294 4294967294 0 Jul 9 05:22 a
# python
Python 2.7.3 (default, Jun 24 2012, 06:19:44)
[GCC 4.1.2 20080704 (Red Hat 4.1.2-52)] on linux2
Type
do1 added the comment:
I can add that system is x86_32. Same code in x86_64 result in no error even on
older Python version 2.6.6
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do1 added the comment:
Problem emerged when well-known backup software (rdiff-backup) is 'crashed' (as
in no backups). So I think this is not that theoretical.
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