2 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/module/utils/__init__.py b/module/utils/__init__.py
index 0d68448cb..a237fde9b 100644
--- a/module/utils/__init__.py
+++ b/module/utils/__init__.py
@@ -157,6 +157,10 @@ def fixup(m):
     return text # leave as is
 
 
+def has_method(obj, name):
+    """ checks if 'name' was defined in obj, (false if it was inhereted) """
+    return name in obj.__dict__
+
 def html_unescape(text):
     """Removes HTML or XML character references and entities from a text string"""
     return re.sub("&#?\w+;", fixup, text)
diff --git a/module/utils/fs.py b/module/utils/fs.py
index 23f87a326..037165b6b 100644
--- a/module/utils/fs.py
+++ b/module/utils/fs.py
@@ -20,7 +20,10 @@ else:
 
 # FS utilities
 def chmod(path, mode):
-    return os.chmod(fs_encode(path), mode)
+    try:
+        return os.chmod(fs_encode(path), mode)
+    except :
+        pass
 
 def chown(path, uid, gid):
     return os.chown(fs_encode(path), uid, gid)