[issue22107] tempfile module misinterprets access denied error on Windows

[eryksun]

eryksun added the comment:

> My reluctance to commit the os.access patch is because it will 
> cause such a behaviour change in a function which has been 
> pretty stable for a long while. 

The original behavior could be preserved as the default. A keyword-only argument could enable checking access based on the file security and thread token.

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