Impersonate another user temporarily (Unix and Windows)

[billiejoex]

On 23 Ago, 10:38, Tim Golden <m... at timgolden.me.uk> wrote:
> billiejoex wrote:
> > Hi there. I'm writing a modification for a FTP server library I'm
> > maintaining.
> > Depending on the system I'd want to temporarily impersonate the logged
> > user to perform actions on filesystem.
> > Something like:
>
> > try:
> >     change_user('user', 'password')
> >     os.rmdir('dir')
> > except:
> >     print "some error"
> > finally:
> >     change_user('old_user', 'password')
>
> > On Unix I took at look at os.seteuid() and os.setegid() functions and
> > I noticed they could be useful for my purpose.
> > On Windows I have no idea about how could I emulate a similar
> > behaviour.
> > Could someone please point me in the right direction?
>
> (Warning: not tried, but at least gives you the things to Google for!)
>
> You need the win32security module from the pywin32 extensions. [1]
> In particular, you want to look at the LogonUser and
> ImpersonateLoggedOnUser functions.
>
> TJG
>
> [1]http://pywin32.sf.net- Nascondi testo tra virgolette -
>
> - Mostra testo tra virgolette -

Thanks for suggestion.
I made it.