How can I get the Unix permission mask from a file? [duplicate]

os.stat is a wrapper around the stat(2) system call interface. >>> import os >>> from stat import * >>> os.stat(“test.txt”) # returns 10-tupel, you really want the 0th element … posix.stat_result(st_mode=33188, st_ino=57197013, \ st_dev=234881026L, st_nlink=1, st_uid=501, st_gid=20, st_size=0, \ st_atime=1300354697, st_mtime=1300354697, st_ctime=1300354697) >>> os.stat(“test.txt”)[ST_MODE] # this is an int, but we like octal … 33188 … Read more

How long should I wait after applying an AWS IAM policy before it is valid?

The phrase “almost immediately” is used 5 times in the IAM FAQ, and is, of course, somewhat subjective. Since AWS is a globally-distributed system, your changes have to propagate, and the system as a whole seems to be designed to favor availability and partition tolerance as opposed to immediate consistency. I don’t know whether you’ve … Read more

Permission Denial: this requires android.permission.INTERACT_ACROSS_USERS_FULL

According to this answer: android.permission.INTERACT_ACROSS_USERS_FULL is a signature level permission. Your app will not be able to use it until and unless it has the same signature as the system. Which is not something you can achieve unless you either are the creator or the system build, or collaborating with them such that they are … Read more

iOS 10 – Changes in asking permissions of Camera, microphone and Photo Library causing application to crash

[UPDATED privacy keys list to iOS 13 – see below] There is a list of all Cocoa Keys that you can specify in your Info.plist file: https://developer.apple.com/library/content/documentation/General/Reference/InfoPlistKeyReference/Articles/CocoaKeys.html (Xcode: Target -> Info -> Custom iOS Target Properties) iOS already required permissions to access microphone, camera, and media library earlier (iOS 6, iOS 7), but since iOS … Read more