["python"]
Python: finding uid/gid for a given username/groupname (for os.chown)

What's a good way to find the uid/gid for a given username or groupname using Python? I need to set file ownership with os.chown and need the integer ids instead of the alphabetic. [Quick note]: getpwnam works great but is not available on windows, so here's some code that creates stubs to allow you to run the same code on windows and unix. try: from pwd import getpwnam except: getpwnam = lambda x: (0,0,0) os.chown = lambda x, y, z: True os.chmod = lambda x, y: True os.fchown = os.chown os.fchmod = os.chmod
Use the pwd and grp modules: from pwd import getpwnam print getpwnam('someuser')[2] # or print getpwnam('someuser').pw_uid print grp.getgrnam('somegroup')[2]