Maybe you could run a script to change the permissions. It's worth trying!!
Berend de Boer wrote:
"Super" == Super Steve <[email protected]> writes:Super> I am finding that my PHP script can't write to the upload Super> directory to copy the uploaded files into it. If I change Super> the permissions on the upload directory to 777 (everyone Super> can do everything) then the PHP script can write to the Super> upload directory. But of course I don't really want toSuper> allow everyone to write to the upload directory,Why not? As this is a "public" internet, it's basically what happens anyway. Super> I'd much rather have the permissions set to 775 to prevent Super> public from being able to write to the directory. Super> I am guessing that the reason I am seeing this behaviour is Super> because my PHP script is being run by Apache, and the Super> Apache username and group is set to "nobody". That's true. Super> What are your recommendations for setting permissions on a Super> directory so I can allow my PHP scripts (run by Apache) to Super> write to the directory but without resorting to setting the Super> permissions to 777 which allows anyone to write to the Super> directory? Should I be changing the owner or group on the Super> directory? If so what should I be changing it to and how Super> should I change this since I don't have telnet access? I Super> would still like to have full FTP access to the directory Super> as well. Best would be to change the upload directory to the Apache user, which you can't as you don't have root access. I.e. you want to have read/write for the Apache user.
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