how to find the owner of a file or directory in python

Question

I need a function or method in Python to find the owner of a file or directory.

The function should be like:

>>> find_owner(\"/home/somedir         


        

Answer 1

It's an old question, but for those who are looking for a simpler solution with Python 3.

You can also use Path from pathlib to solve this problem, by calling the Path's owner and group method like this:

from pathlib import Path

path = Path("/path/to/your/file")
owner = path.owner()
group = path.group()
print(f"{path.name} is owned by {owner}:{group}")

So in this case, the method could be the following:

from typing import Union
from pathlib import Path

def find_owner(path: Union[str, Path]) -> str:
    path = Path(path)
    return f"{path.owner()}:{path.group()}"