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# Python os.lchmod() Method

## Description:

This method changes the mode of path to the numeric mode. If path is a symlink, this affects the symlink rather than the target.

The mode may take one of the following values or bitwise ORed combinations of them:

- stat.S_ISUID: Set user ID on execution.

- stat.S_ISGID: Set group ID on execution.

- stat.S_ENFMT: Record locking enforced.

- stat.S_ISVTX: Save text image after execution.

- stat.S_IREAD: Read by owner.

- stat.S_IWRITE: Write by owner.

- stat.S_IEXEC: Execute by owner.

- stat.S_IRWXU: Read, write, and execute by owner.

- stat.S_IRUSR: Read by owner.

- stat.S_IWUSR: Write by owner.

- stat.S_IXUSR: Execute by owner.

- stat.S_IRWXG: Read, write, and execute by group.

- stat.S_IRGRP: Read by group.

- stat.S_IWGRP: Write by group.

- stat.S_IXGRP: Execute by group.

- stat.S_IRWXO: Read, write, and execute by others.

- stat.S_IROTH: Read by others.

- stat.S_IWOTH: Write by others.

- stat.S_IXOTH: Execute by others.

NOTE: This method has been introduced in Python 2.6

## Syntax:

    os.lchmod(path, mode)

## Parameters:

Here is the detail of parameters:

- path: This is the file path for which mode to be set.

- mode: This may take one of the above mentioned values or bitwise ORed combinations of them:

## Example:

    #!/usr/bin/python

    import os, sys

    # Open a file
    path = "/var/www/html/foo.txt"
    fd = os.open( path, os.O_RDWR|os.O_CREAT )

    # Close opened file
    os.close( fd )

    # Now change the file mode.
    # Set a file execute by group.
    os.lchmod( path, stat.S_IXGRP)

    # Set a file write by others.
    os.lchmod("/tmp/foo.txt", stat.S_IWOTH)

    print "Changed mode successfully!!"

This would produce following result:

    print "Changed mode successfully!!"

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