Python os.st_uid only return value 0

Question

I'm using windows machine and python 3. I'm trying to get the user id from windows files:

import os
os.stat('filepath').st_uid

However this only returns st_uid = 0 which doesn't make sense.

Can someone please help? If I can't use st_uid, what else I can use to obtain the file user info?

Thanks!

Update: Thanks for the help guys. I end up using windows security API to obtain user information:

Here is the link

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1830618/how-to-find-the-owner-of-a-file-or-directory-in-python. Seems that that doesn't work with windows... — Jean-François Fabre, Nov 29 '17 at 16:04
that will help: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/8086412/howto-determine-file-owner-on-windows-using-python-without-pywin32 — Jean-François Fabre, Nov 29 '17 at 16:05

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 29 '17 at 16:08

os.stat() on windows seems very limited: os.stat() on Windows

so id values are zeroed: you cannot use that to get the user id info.

But this Q & A gives most methods to do it in python: Howto determine file owner on windows using python without pywin32

Note: this is a CW answer, as the question isn't really a duplicate of either of the linked answers, but this answer just links both aspects: the issue and the workarounds.

Python os.st_uid only return value 0

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