We have a site where if we create a folder or file on the server the Owner/Group is one name (foo/foo) and if we use the CMS the Owner/Group is another (bar/bar).
Typically, we set folder permissions to 0777 so that we don't have to open and close directories for uploading files. However, a hacker uploaded a couple of files to one of these directories last week, so I am trying to add code that uses chmod() to properly open and close directories. The issue I'm running into is that this only works through the CMS if the Owner/Group of the directory or file is bar/bar. I'm trying to figure out what my options are here. Here are a couple of possibilities: 1. Use bar/bar to create a duplicate directory, copy all of the files from the original directory to the new one, delete the old directory, rename the new one. Essentially this makes everything owned by bar/bar. 2. See if tech support can change the Owner/Group on the server for the entire directory. I am not very savvy with this sort of thing, so shell access is really beyond my skill set. Is it possible to change these settings via SFTP? Or is there a way via PHP to change the Owner/Group that I am accessing the files as? -- Randal Rust R.Squared Communications www.r2communications.com www.facebook.com/r2communications 614-370-0036 _______________________________________________ New York PHP Users Group Community Talk Mailing List http://lists.nyphp.org/mailman/listinfo/talk http://www.nyphp.org/Show-Participation
