Re: [PHP] MKDIR Permission Denied
On Thursday 25 October 2001 10:08, you wrote: ? $GalleryPHPName = Pins; mkdir (../$GalleryPHPName, 0775); ? Results in... MkDir failed (Permission denied) When you use a file-related command (fopen, mkdir, etc.) you're executing that command under the same user-context that apache runs under. (usually nobody on shared servers) So, you need to make sure that user nobody has write permissions on the parent directory where you're trying to create your directory. --kurt -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [PHP] MKDIR Permission Denied
a) check to see if the user that apache is running as has access to the directory you're trying to write to. b) try removing the quotes around 0775 Mike Jeff Gannaway wrote: ? $GalleryPHPName = Pins; mkdir (../$GalleryPHPName, 0775); ? Results in... MkDir failed (Permission denied) Any thoughts? -Jeff Gannaway ___ Save 15% on 2002 Calendars and Holiday Cards! http://www.AvantGifts.com Discount Code: hopper22ct Offer Good Through October 31, 2001 ___ -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [PHP] MKDIR Permission Denied
Jeff, If this script is running as nobody, or some other low-class user, and the permissions on the directory in which you are attempting to create a sub-directory do not allow the creation of the sub-directory by this user, then mkdir will fail. Say your script resides in 'php-stuff' with permissions 755 and the owner/group is chuck/chuck. No one but owner chuck (and root) will be able to create a directory in this directory. According to your script, you are trying to create 'php-stuff/Pins', which is disallowed to 'nobody', the typical user of web-based PHP scripts. Chuck At 10:08 AM -0700 10/25/01, Jeff Gannaway wrote: ? $GalleryPHPName = Pins; mkdir (../$GalleryPHPName, 0775); ? Results in... MkDir failed (Permission denied) Any thoughts? -Jeff Gannaway ___ Save 15% on 2002 Calendars and Holiday Cards! http://www.AvantGifts.com Discount Code: hopper22ct Offer Good Through October 31, 2001 ___ -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Chuck Theobald, Technology Manager ERIC Clearinghouse on Educational Management 5207 University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, 97403-5207 800-438-8841 * 541-346-1662 (voice) * 541-346-2334 (fax) * 541-337-0182 (cell) * * http://eric.uoregon.edu/ * mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [PHP] MKDIR Permission Denied
How do I set permissions for a certain user (ie nobody) for a directory? If I do this, won't anyone on teh server be able to write to that directory? Thanks, Jeff At 10:39 AM 10/25/01 -0700, Kurt Lieber wrote: On Thursday 25 October 2001 10:08, you wrote: ? $GalleryPHPName = Pins; mkdir (../$GalleryPHPName, 0775); ? Results in... MkDir failed (Permission denied) When you use a file-related command (fopen, mkdir, etc.) you're executing that command under the same user-context that apache runs under. (usually nobody on shared servers) So, you need to make sure that user nobody has write permissions on the parent directory where you're trying to create your directory. --kurt -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Save 15% on 2002 Calendars and Holiday Cards! http://www.AvantGifts.com Discount Code: hopper22ct Offer Good Through October 31, 2001 ___ -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [PHP] MKDIR Permission Denied
On Thursday 25 October 2001 11:41, you wrote: How do I set permissions for a certain user (ie nobody) for a directory? If I do this, won't anyone on teh server be able to write to that directory? If you're going to start messing around with *nix permissions, you really, really need to have a basic understanding of how they work. Otherwise, you can get into a lot of trouble really quickly. There's a ton of tutorials around the net; here's one that I've found helpful in the past: http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/Security-HOWTO-5.html (it's part of a larger linux security HOWTO) As for your second question, yes. That's one of the side-effects of using a shared server. --kurt -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
