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Originally Posted by maxximuscool

My python code is at:
/usr/lib/hildon-desktop

Location of my shortcut:
/usr/share/applications/hildon-status-menu/

How do i edit a file as root inside python code?
The file I want to change is class as "root" rw-r--r--

Originally Posted by maxximuscool

What is the equilvalent of Python to this Xterminal command?

root
chmod -R 666 path/to/file?

Originally Posted by juise-

In a hurry, are you?

First of all, to change permissions on file owned by root, your code needs to be root.

Second, the methods you are looking for are os.chown() (for changing owner, if you need to) and os.chmod() (for changing permissions). The library reference is your friend:
http://docs.python.org/library/os.html

So, to change the permission:

Code:

import os
import stat

os.chmod('/your/file', stat.S_IRUSR | stat.S_IWUSR | stat.S_IRGRP | stat.S_IROTH)

(See the documentation of stat module for more info about the flags)

Originally Posted by digitalvoid

Code:

import os  # if not already done
os.system('chmod -R 666 path/to/file')