Chmod issue to change file permission using python

Question

I am looking to change the file permission to all files to read write and execute for all the users in a directory using a python script. However, after running the script w

Answer 1

I found a solution here :)

Setting folder permissions in Windows using Python

import win32security
import ntsecuritycon as con
import os
import pdb
userx, domain, type = win32security.LookupAccountName ("", "Everyone")
directory='M:\intra\EU'
for dirpath, dirnames, filenames in os.walk('M:\intra\EU'):
    for FILENAME in filenames:
        sd = win32security.GetFileSecurity(directory+'\\'+FILENAME, win32security.DACL_SECURITY_INFORMATION)
        dacl = sd.GetSecurityDescriptorDacl()   # instead of dacl = win32security.ACL()
        dacl.AddAccessAllowedAce(win32security.ACL_REVISION, con.FILE_ALL_ACCESS, userx)
        sd.SetSecurityDescriptorDacl(1, dacl, 0)
        win32security.SetFileSecurity(directory+'\\'+FILENAME, win32security.DACL_SECURITY_INFORMATION, sd)