On Aug 19, 10:59 pm, Tim Golden <m...@timgolden.me.uk> wrote: > On 19/08/2010 9:17 PM, vsoler wrote: > > > > > On Aug 19, 8:55 pm, Tim Golden<m...@timgolden.me.uk> wrote: > >> On 19/08/2010 4:55 PM, vsoler wrote: > > >>> I need to read, for each of the directories in a shared file server > >>> unit, who has access to the directories and what type of access > >>> privileges. > > >>> This is something that I can easily do interactively in my Windows > >>> Document Explorer by right clicking a single directory, clicking on > >>> Properties, then on Security. > > >>> There I can see the Users and Group of Users that have access to the > >>> selected directory, as well as the type of access to that directory > >>> (Read/Write/eXecute etc.) > > >> Here you have one of those occasions when the Windows GUI does > >> a very good job of presenting a simplified but perfectly usable > >> interface layer on top of a moderately complex security scheme. > > >> It's not as easy as you think. > > >>> I've been looking in the "os" library, and found the "os.chmod" method > >>> but I am not sure that it is going to give me what I need. Should I > >>> also used library "stat"? > > >> No. Both of these are basically doing a best-endeavours job of mapping > >> certain Windows attributes to some Posix equivalent. They're essentially > >> useless for anything beyond the most trivial tasks. > > >> Have a read here which will at least put you on the path of knowing > >> what terminology you need to search for: > > >> http://timgolden.me.uk/python/win32_how_do_i/add-security-to-a-file.html > >> http://timgolden.me.uk/python/win32_how_do_i/get-the-owner-of-a-file.... > > >> and if you're interested, this is the kind of thing my winsys > >> package is reasonably good at: > > >> http://timgolden.me.uk/python/winsys/security.html#module-security > > >> TJG > > > Thank you very much, Tim, for your answer. > > > It looks as though it is going to suit my needs. > > > Your file WinSys-0.4.win32-py2.5.msi is obviously for python 2.5 and > > 2.6. > > File WinSys-0.4.zip should be for the same versions of Python, > > probably. > > What about your WinSys-0.5beta.win32.exe file? is it for python 3? > > > I currently have python 3 in my pc. Do I need to install a previous > > version of python? > > > Thank you for your help > > > Vicente Soler > > I have a subversion branch for Python 3. If you have subversion > access, try: > > http://winsys.googlecode.com/svn/branches/py3k > > and do the python setup.py install dance. > > If you can't get that working, let me know and I'll publish > an installer somewhere. > > TJG
I currently do not have subversion access in my PC. I could try to install a free copy of it. But it you could ptovide an installer, it certainly would do things easier. Please let me know if it is possible. Vicente Soler -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
