Access to user home directory from django

Question

I am creating a Django application that can access the user's home directory. For this, I want to create a directory using something like os.mkdir('/home/user/new_directory')or subprocess commands.

Since Django is started by the apache server, python acts as an apache user and cannot access my users' home directories.

Currently, I know the login of my users because they must be registered on the website. Is there a solution to execute unix commands from Django / Python in the username ?

Answer 1

You can set home directories via MEDIA_URL/ or a symbolic link. I am thinking of combining calls to symlink and os.system calls.

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