[Python-bugs-list] [ python-Bugs-449383 ] os.chmod sets mode incorrectly

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Bugs item #449383, was opened at 2001-08-08 21:02
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Category: None
>Group: Not a Bug
>Status: Closed
>Resolution: Invalid
Priority: 5
Submitted By: UoC COSC Programmers (uoccosc)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: os.chmod sets mode incorrectly

Initial Comment:
I'm using
ActivePython 2.1, build 211 (ActiveState)
based on Python 2.1 (#1, Jun 13 2001, 01:01:26) 
[GCC 2.95.2 19991024 (release)] on sunos5

on
SunOS %host% 5.7 Generic sun4u sparc SUNW,Ultra-1

os.chmod does not set the correct mode, for example

os.chmod(path, 700)
result   --w-rwxr--
expected -rwx------

os.chmod(path, 644)
result   --w----r--
expected -rw-r--r--

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>Comment By: Tim Peters (tim_one)
Date: 2001-08-08 21:17

Message:
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This looks like pilot error to me:  chmod interprets its 
second argument as a bitmask, and you're passing it decimal 
integers.

>>> oct(700)
'01274'
>>> oct(644)
'01204'
>>>

That explains what you're seeing, so I'm closing this bug.  
Pass 0700 and 0644 instead.


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