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Diffstat (limited to 'Modules')
| -rw-r--r-- | Modules/posixmodule.c | 6 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Modules/posixmodule.c b/Modules/posixmodule.c index f3d951a..838e2d7 100644 --- a/Modules/posixmodule.c +++ b/Modules/posixmodule.c @@ -736,7 +736,11 @@ posix_do_stat(PyObject *self, PyObject *args, char *format, PyDoc_STRVAR(posix_access__doc__, "access(path, mode) -> 1 if granted, 0 otherwise\n\ -Test for access to a file."); +Use the real uid/gid to test for access to a path. Note that most +operations will use the effective uid/gid, therefore this routine can +be used in a suid/sgid environment to test if the invoking user has the +specified access to the path. The mode argument can be F_OK to test +existance, or the inclusive-OR of R_OK, W_OK, and X_OK."); static PyObject * posix_access(PyObject *self, PyObject *args) |