[Python-Dev] Help needed for tar archive creation with changed UID/GID (original) (raw)

Michael Foord fuzzyman at voidspace.org.uk
Tue Oct 6 12:43:34 CEST 2009

bheemesh v wrote:

Hello,

I am a newbie to this mailing list, i have seen in some mail discussions about a tar archive creation by forcibly setting the UID/GID to a specific user (say root).

Hello Bheemesh,

This mailing list is for the development of Python, not for developing with Python. There are other more appropriate mailing lists where you will hopefully get helpful answers:

The Python tutor list http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor

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All the best,

Michael Foord

Te code mentioned goes like this: tar = tarfile.open("foo.tar.gz", "w:gz") for filename in filenames: tarinfo = tar.gettarinfo(filename) if tarinfo.isreg(): fobj = open(filename) else: fobj = None

tarinfo.uid = 0 tarinfo.gid = 0 tar.addfile(tarinfo, fobj) tar.close() But this is not really working for me as when i am trying to un-tar or un-compress contents to a new directory and contents still have diff GID & UID in the long listing of directory. Can somebody suggest an alternative or a working case if already changes are done here. Thanks in advance. Best regards, Bheemesh ------------------------------------------------------------------------

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