Chilkat2-Python

Get a Remote File's Group

Demonstrates the Chilkat SFtp.GetFileGroup method, which returns a remote file's group ownership. The arguments are the remote path (or handle), whether symbolic links are followed, and whether the first argument is a handle.

Background: The group is the second half of Unix ownership, and it drives the "group" permission bits — the mechanism by which several accounts share access to the same files. As with the owner, the server may return a numeric GID when it cannot resolve a name, and the value is meaningful only on servers that implement Unix-style ownership.

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import sys
import chilkat2

success = False

# Demonstrates the SFtp.GetFileGroup method, which returns a remote file's group ownership.  The
# 1st argument is the remote path (or handle), the 2nd selects whether symbolic links are
# followed, and the 3rd indicates whether the 1st argument is a handle.

sftp = chilkat2.SFtp()

# Connect, authenticate, and initialize the SFTP subsystem.
port = 22
success = sftp.Connect("sftp.example.com",port)
if (success == False):
    print(sftp.LastErrorText)
    sys.exit()

# Normally you would not hard-code the password in source.  You should instead obtain it
# from an interactive prompt, environment variable, or a secrets vault.
password = "mySshPassword"

success = sftp.AuthenticatePw("mySshLogin",password)
if (success == False):
    print(sftp.LastErrorText)
    sys.exit()

success = sftp.InitializeSftp()
if (success == False):
    print(sftp.LastErrorText)
    sys.exit()

# The 2nd argument (bFollowLinks) selects whether a symbolic link is followed to its target.
# The 3rd argument (bIsHandle) is False here because the 1st argument is a path, not an
# open handle.
bFollowLinks = True
bIsHandle = False

group = sftp.GetFileGroup("subdir/report.pdf",bFollowLinks,bIsHandle)
if (sftp.LastMethodSuccess == False):
    print(sftp.LastErrorText)
    sys.exit()

print("Group: " + group)

sftp.Disconnect()