Patrick R. Michaud wrote: > On Wed, Jan 24, 2007 at 01:17:41PM -0500, IchBin wrote: >> Just wondering if any pmWiki scripts, at any time, change the UID or GID >> for Wiki.d folder or any files below it? >> >> I don't think it does but just wanted to make sure with out having to >> search the code. > > PmWiki doesn't change file ownerships or permissions of existing > files -- if only because it cannot. There have definitely > been many times where I wish it could...but most operating > systems don't allow normal users to change UID/GID of existing > files (only superuser/root can do that). > > One thing to note, however, is that things will often appear as > though PmWiki changes file ownerships of pages in the wiki.d/ > directory, but this isn't really what happens. Whenever PmWiki > saves a page, it does so by first creating a new file for the > page and then replacing the existing file with the new one. > The new file is owned by the PmWiki process (usually the > webserver account), so it "looks like" PmWiki has changed > file ownership when it fact it simply removed the old file > and replaced it with a new one. > > Pm
Thanks Patrick for you response. I am just having major headaches, with a free hosting site, that are changing these settings. So naturally I have a hard time setting the correct permissions. -- Thanks in Advance... http://weconsul.zendurl.com IchBin, Pocono Lake, Pa, USA http://ichbinquotations.awardspace.com ______________________________________________________________________ 'If there is one, Knowledge is the "Fountain of Youth"' -William E. Taylor, Regular Guy (1952-) _______________________________________________ pmwiki-users mailing list [email protected] http://www.pmichaud.com/mailman/listinfo/pmwiki-users
