def _chown(path, uid, gid):
        os.chown(path, uid, gid)
        for item in os.listdir(path):
            itempath = os.path.join(path, item)
            if os.path.isfile(itempath):
                os.chown(itempath, uid, gid)
            elif os.path.isdir(itempath):
                os.chown(itempath, uid, gid)
                self._chown(itempath, uid, gid)

as you run chown -R user:group dir

Python recursive change uid and gid (chown) of directory

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