Oleg Broytmann <phd <at> phd.pp.ru> writes: > > That's easy to fix - only copy ownership if the effective user id == 0.
But errors should not pass silently. If the user intended the function to copy ownership information and the function fails to do so, it should raise an exception. Having implicit special cases in an API is usually bad, especially when it has an impact on security. _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
