On Mon, Jun 8, 2009 at 2:08 PM, Néstor<rot...@gmail.com> wrote: > People, > > I have a directory /home/vlieu set to 754 permission and inside that > directory I have a > file with permission of 744. > drwxr-xr-- 4 vlieu www 4096 Jun 8 10:19 /home/vlieu > -rwxr--r-- 1 vlieu vlieu 1023 Jun 8 10:19 /home/vlieu/bid.csv > > > When accessing the bid.csv file using a php program the function > is_readable() > fails. I guess because the apache server runs the php file as user > 'nobody'. > > If I make the directory 755 (drwxr-xr-x) user nobody can read the bid.csv > file but if I make > the permissions 754 (drwxr-xr--) user nobody can not read the file. WHY? > In a 754 permission all users still have read permissions...what am I > missing? > > Thanks, > > Nestor
Directory read only gives permission to see file names within the directory, not to find out anything else about them (such as whether they, themselves, are readable), or even to read them. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File_system_permissions#Basic_Permissions The execute bit must be set on a directory in order to access files within it. Chris Snyder http://chxor.chxo.com/ _______________________________________________ New York PHP User Group Community Talk Mailing List http://lists.nyphp.org/mailman/listinfo/talk http://www.nyphp.org/show_participation.php
