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| -rw-r--r-- | shellutils.py | 2 |
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diff --git a/shellutils.py b/shellutils.py index 892f54d..99c305f 100644 --- a/shellutils.py +++ b/shellutils.py @@ -35,6 +35,8 @@ from logilab.common import STD_BLACKLIST def chown(path, login=None, group=None): """same as `os.chown` function but accepting user login or group name as argument. If login or group is omitted, it's left unchanged. + + Note: you must own the file to chown it (or be root). Otherwise OSError is raised. """ if login is None: uid = -1 |