Python os.fchown() Method

Python OS File/Directory Methods

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Overview

The os.fchown() method is used to modify the ownership of a file. This function changes the user ID and group ID of a file specified by the file descriptor fd.

Available on Unix.

Syntax

fchown()The syntax of the method is as follows:

os.fchown(fd, uid, gid)

Parameters

• fd-- file descriptor

• uid-- user id of the file owner

• gid-- group id of the file owner

Return Value

This method has no return value.

Example

The following example demonstrates the use of the fchown() method:

#!/usr/bin/python
# -*- coding: UTF-8 -*-

import os, sys, stat

# 打开文件 "/tmp/foo.txt"
fd = os.open( "/tmp", os.O_RDONLY )

# 设置文件的用户 id 为 100
os.fchown( fd, 100, -1)

# 设置文件的用户组 id 为 100
os.fchown( fd, -1, 50)


print "修改权限成功!!"

# 关闭文件
os.close( fd )

The output of the above program is:

Permission modification successful!!

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