Christian Heimes added the comment: Seems to work. I don't have root permission on the box so I can't actually test if the function call succeeds.
% ./python Python 3.4.0a0 (default:626a8e49f2a9, Jun 19 2013, 00:19:57) [GCC 4.7.1] on aix7 Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. >>> import socket >>> socket.sethostname('python') Traceback (most recent call last): File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module> PermissionError: [Errno 1] Not owner ---------- nosy: +christian.heimes resolution: -> fixed stage: -> committed/rejected status: open -> closed _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue18259> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com