Re: [PHP] syntax woes
Jan G.B. wrote: you don't need the ugly . . string . merging. um, I guess most of my code is ugly ;) -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] syntax woes
2009/4/3 aurfal...@gmail.com: Hi all, For any one following this thread, here is how I worked around the apache/php/chown limitation. script snippet (and if any one has a more elegant style, please share as I am an amateur script kiddie). $path = /homes.$username; $chowncmd = /usr/bin/sudo /bin/chown ; mkdir($path); chmod($path, 0775); exec($chowncmd.$username. .$path); OK - you asked for style... ;) I personally think it's elegant to build such strings with sprintf() like.. $path = sprintf(/homes/%s, $username); or exec(sprintf(%s %s %s, $chowncmd, $username, $path)); That way you don't need added whitespace on vars like $chowncmd and you don't need the ugly . . string . merging. btw. be sure that you always use http://php.net/manual/en/function.escapeshellcmd.php as well as http://php.net/manual/en/function.escapeshellarg.php when dealing with user inputs and system calls. byebye I modified /etc/sudoers; #Defaults requiretty - I added the comment. apache ALL = NOPASSWD: /bin/chown - added this line. - aurf On Apr 2, 2009, at 6:58 PM, Michael A. Peters wrote: Chris wrote: Shawn McKenzie wrote: Chris wrote: Wow, it does chown and chmod as well, thats friggen cool. chown will only work if the script is running as root which I doubt your drupal site will be. Or if the script is running as a user/group that has write permissions to the dir/file that your trying to chown. chmod may allow that, but not chown. I believe it depends upon the operating system and version of the operating system. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] syntax woes
Chris wrote: Shawn McKenzie wrote: Chris wrote: Wow, it does chown and chmod as well, thats friggen cool. chown will only work if the script is running as root which I doubt your drupal site will be. Or if the script is running as a user/group that has write permissions to the dir/file that your trying to chown. chmod may allow that, but not chown. server:~# groupadd test server:~# useradd a -g test server:~# useradd b -g test server:~# mkdir /test server:~# chown a.test /test server:~# su - a No directory, logging in with HOME=/ a...@server:/$ cd test a...@server:/test$ chmod 775 . a...@server:/test$ touch a a...@server:/test$ chmod 664 a a...@server:/test$ chown b.test a chown: changing ownership of `a': Operation not permitted a...@server:/test$ Yeah, my bad. chmod it is... -- Thanks! -Shawn http://www.spidean.com -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
[PHP] syntax woes
Hi all, I'm unsure how to describe this but I'll try. The following code works fine in its own PHP script; $mkdircmd = '/bin/mkdir /homes/'.$uid; exec($mkdircmd); But when placed in a larger PHP script being part of the ldap_provisioning module in Drupal, the Drupal GUI is blank until I do; $mkdircmd = '/bin/mkdir /homes/'.$uid; ... were I surrounded the variable with , which causes it to not work. I'm totally unsure how to approach this and am hoping syntax adjustments will fix it. - aurf -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] syntax woes
aurfal...@gmail.com wrote:
Hi all,
I'm unsure how to describe this but I'll try.
The following code works fine in its own PHP script;
$mkdircmd = '/bin/mkdir /homes/'.$uid;
exec($mkdircmd);
But when placed in a larger PHP script being part of the
ldap_provisioning module in Drupal, the Drupal GUI is blank until I do;
$mkdircmd = '/bin/mkdir /homes/'.$uid;
... were I surrounded the variable with , which causes it to not work.
$mkdircmd = /bin/mkdir /homes/$uid;
or
$mkdircmd = /bin/mkdir /homes/${uid};
Should fix the syntax.
I guess you've already solved the permissions problem on the /homes/
folder (normally the web server would not be able to create such a path
because of permission issues).
Blank GUI - no idea. Anything in the error logs (php or apache) ?
Maybe asking on a drupal specific list would be a better idea for that one.
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Re: [PHP] syntax woes
aurfal...@gmail.com wrote:
Hi all,
I'm unsure how to describe this but I'll try.
The following code works fine in its own PHP script;
$mkdircmd = '/bin/mkdir /homes/'.$uid;
exec($mkdircmd);
But when placed in a larger PHP script being part of the
ldap_provisioning module in Drupal, the Drupal GUI is blank until I
do;
$mkdircmd = '/bin/mkdir /homes/'.$uid;
... were I surrounded the variable with , which causes it to not
work.
$mkdircmd = /bin/mkdir /homes/$uid;
or
$mkdircmd = /bin/mkdir /homes/${uid};
Should fix the syntax.
I guess you've already solved the permissions problem on the /homes/
folder (normally the web server would not be able to create such a
path because of permission issues).
Blank GUI - no idea. Anything in the error logs (php or apache) ?
Maybe asking on a drupal specific list would be a better idea for
that one.
--
Postgresql php tutorials
http://www.designmagick.com/
Thanks Chris.
I appreciate the response. I was hoping my description wasn't too
vague because I don't really understand what I'm doing.
- aurf
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Re: [PHP] syntax woes
On Thu, 2009-04-02 at 15:47 -0700, aurfal...@gmail.com wrote:
aurfal...@gmail.com wrote:
Hi all,
I'm unsure how to describe this but I'll try.
The following code works fine in its own PHP script;
$mkdircmd = '/bin/mkdir /homes/'.$uid;
exec($mkdircmd);
But when placed in a larger PHP script being part of the
ldap_provisioning module in Drupal, the Drupal GUI is blank until I
do;
$mkdircmd = '/bin/mkdir /homes/'.$uid;
... were I surrounded the variable with , which causes it to not
work.
$mkdircmd = /bin/mkdir /homes/$uid;
or
$mkdircmd = /bin/mkdir /homes/${uid};
Should fix the syntax.
I guess you've already solved the permissions problem on the /homes/
folder (normally the web server would not be able to create such a
path because of permission issues).
Blank GUI - no idea. Anything in the error logs (php or apache) ?
Maybe asking on a drupal specific list would be a better idea for
that one.
--
Postgresql php tutorials
http://www.designmagick.com/
Thanks Chris.
I appreciate the response. I was hoping my description wasn't too
vague because I don't really understand what I'm doing.
- aurf
This might sound stupid because I've not played with Drupal, but what's
wrong with using the mkdir command in PHP instead of the exec call?
Ash
www.ashleysheridan.co.uk
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Re: [PHP] syntax woes
On Thu, 2009-04-02 at 15:47 -0700, aurfal...@gmail.com wrote:
aurfal...@gmail.com wrote:
Hi all,
I'm unsure how to describe this but I'll try.
The following code works fine in its own PHP script;
$mkdircmd = '/bin/mkdir /homes/'.$uid;
exec($mkdircmd);
But when placed in a larger PHP script being part of the
ldap_provisioning module in Drupal, the Drupal GUI is blank until I
do;
$mkdircmd = '/bin/mkdir /homes/'.$uid;
... were I surrounded the variable with , which causes it to not
work.
$mkdircmd = /bin/mkdir /homes/$uid;
or
$mkdircmd = /bin/mkdir /homes/${uid};
Should fix the syntax.
I guess you've already solved the permissions problem on the /homes/
folder (normally the web server would not be able to create such a
path because of permission issues).
Blank GUI - no idea. Anything in the error logs (php or apache) ?
Maybe asking on a drupal specific list would be a better idea for
that one.
--
Postgresql php tutorials
http://www.designmagick.com/
Thanks Chris.
I appreciate the response. I was hoping my description wasn't too
vague because I don't really understand what I'm doing.
- aurf
This might sound stupid because I've not played with Drupal, but
what's
wrong with using the mkdir command in PHP instead of the exec call?
Ash
www.ashleysheridan.co.uk
Hi Ash,
I didn't know there was one.
Lemme study it up, thanks for the suggestion.
- aurf
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Re: [PHP] syntax woes
On Thu, 2009-04-02 at 15:58 -0700, aurfal...@gmail.com wrote:
On Thu, 2009-04-02 at 15:47 -0700, aurfal...@gmail.com wrote:
aurfal...@gmail.com wrote:
Hi all,
I'm unsure how to describe this but I'll try.
The following code works fine in its own PHP script;
$mkdircmd = '/bin/mkdir /homes/'.$uid;
exec($mkdircmd);
But when placed in a larger PHP script being part of the
ldap_provisioning module in Drupal, the Drupal GUI is blank until I
do;
$mkdircmd = '/bin/mkdir /homes/'.$uid;
... were I surrounded the variable with , which causes it to not
work.
$mkdircmd = /bin/mkdir /homes/$uid;
or
$mkdircmd = /bin/mkdir /homes/${uid};
Should fix the syntax.
I guess you've already solved the permissions problem on the /homes/
folder (normally the web server would not be able to create such a
path because of permission issues).
Blank GUI - no idea. Anything in the error logs (php or apache) ?
Maybe asking on a drupal specific list would be a better idea for
that one.
--
Postgresql php tutorials
http://www.designmagick.com/
Thanks Chris.
I appreciate the response. I was hoping my description wasn't too
vague because I don't really understand what I'm doing.
- aurf
This might sound stupid because I've not played with Drupal, but
what's
wrong with using the mkdir command in PHP instead of the exec call?
Ash
www.ashleysheridan.co.uk
Hi Ash,
I didn't know there was one.
Lemme study it up, thanks for the suggestion.
- aurf
PHP can do everything ;)
Ash
www.ashleysheridan.co.uk
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Re: [PHP] syntax woes
On Thu, 2009-04-02 at 15:58 -0700, aurfal...@gmail.com wrote:
On Thu, 2009-04-02 at 15:47 -0700, aurfal...@gmail.com wrote:
aurfal...@gmail.com wrote:
Hi all,
I'm unsure how to describe this but I'll try.
The following code works fine in its own PHP script;
$mkdircmd = '/bin/mkdir /homes/'.$uid;
exec($mkdircmd);
But when placed in a larger PHP script being part of the
ldap_provisioning module in Drupal, the Drupal GUI is blank
until I
do;
$mkdircmd = '/bin/mkdir /homes/'.$uid;
... were I surrounded the variable with , which causes it to
not
work.
$mkdircmd = /bin/mkdir /homes/$uid;
or
$mkdircmd = /bin/mkdir /homes/${uid};
Should fix the syntax.
I guess you've already solved the permissions problem on the /
homes/
folder (normally the web server would not be able to create such a
path because of permission issues).
Blank GUI - no idea. Anything in the error logs (php or apache) ?
Maybe asking on a drupal specific list would be a better idea for
that one.
--
Postgresql php tutorials
http://www.designmagick.com/
Thanks Chris.
I appreciate the response. I was hoping my description wasn't too
vague because I don't really understand what I'm doing.
- aurf
This might sound stupid because I've not played with Drupal, but
what's
wrong with using the mkdir command in PHP instead of the exec call?
Ash
www.ashleysheridan.co.uk
Hi Ash,
I didn't know there was one.
Lemme study it up, thanks for the suggestion.
- aurf
PHP can do everything ;)
Ash
www.ashleysheridan.co.uk
Wow, it does chown and chmod as well, thats friggen cool.
Ok, then, I'm sold, PHP can do everything...
... but save us from ourselves. Sorry, I had to kik that in. Tech
will be the death of us all, wahahahahaha :)
- aurf
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Re: [PHP] syntax woes
Wow, it does chown and chmod as well, thats friggen cool. chown will only work if the script is running as root which I doubt your drupal site will be. -- Postgresql php tutorials http://www.designmagick.com/ -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] syntax woes
Chris wrote: Wow, it does chown and chmod as well, thats friggen cool. chown will only work if the script is running as root which I doubt your drupal site will be. Or if the script is running as a user/group that has write permissions to the dir/file that your trying to chown. -- Thanks! -Shawn http://www.spidean.com -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] syntax woes
Shawn McKenzie wrote: Chris wrote: Wow, it does chown and chmod as well, thats friggen cool. chown will only work if the script is running as root which I doubt your drupal site will be. Or if the script is running as a user/group that has write permissions to the dir/file that your trying to chown. chmod may allow that, but not chown. server:~# groupadd test server:~# useradd a -g test server:~# useradd b -g test server:~# mkdir /test server:~# chown a.test /test server:~# su - a No directory, logging in with HOME=/ a...@server:/$ cd test a...@server:/test$ chmod 775 . a...@server:/test$ touch a a...@server:/test$ chmod 664 a a...@server:/test$ chown b.test a chown: changing ownership of `a': Operation not permitted a...@server:/test$ -- Postgresql php tutorials http://www.designmagick.com/ -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] syntax woes
Chris wrote: Shawn McKenzie wrote: Chris wrote: Wow, it does chown and chmod as well, thats friggen cool. chown will only work if the script is running as root which I doubt your drupal site will be. Or if the script is running as a user/group that has write permissions to the dir/file that your trying to chown. chmod may allow that, but not chown. I believe it depends upon the operating system and version of the operating system. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] syntax woes
Hi all, For any one following this thread, here is how I worked around the apache/php/chown limitation. script snippet (and if any one has a more elegant style, please share as I am an amateur script kiddie). $path = /homes.$username; $chowncmd = /usr/bin/sudo /bin/chown ; mkdir($path); chmod($path, 0775); exec($chowncmd.$username. .$path); I modified /etc/sudoers; #Defaults requiretty - I added the comment. apache ALL = NOPASSWD: /bin/chown - added this line. - aurf On Apr 2, 2009, at 6:58 PM, Michael A. Peters wrote: Chris wrote: Shawn McKenzie wrote: Chris wrote: Wow, it does chown and chmod as well, thats friggen cool. chown will only work if the script is running as root which I doubt your drupal site will be. Or if the script is running as a user/group that has write permissions to the dir/file that your trying to chown. chmod may allow that, but not chown. I believe it depends upon the operating system and version of the operating system. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
