--- Michael Sullivan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> On Mon, 2006-04-17 at 22:40 -0700, tantravahi srinivas sunilkumar wrote:
> > u need to give chmod(file directory,777)
> >   
> >   redards,
> >   sunil.
>
> I'm not going to chmod a users html directory to 777!  Then anyone could
> write to it!

This is a reply to an old message.  In order for PHP file uploads to work, the webserver user must
have write permissions to the directory.  However, the final destination of those files may (and
should) be outside of the web space so someone cannot simply upload a nasty (insert your
definition here) file and access it immediately with a web browser.

Plus, if PHP cannot write to the directory yet because of ownership issues, a PHP function to
change its permission will fail, of course.

James
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