title: I'm not able to get root permission within my python program
body: <p>I am new to Python and keep getting the same <em>permission denied</em> error, when I execute the following statement:</p>
  
  <pre><code>&gt;&gt;&gt; os.chdir('/root')
  Traceback (most recent call last):
    File "&lt;stdin&gt;", line 1, in &lt;module&gt;
  OSError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/root'
  </code></pre>