folder permissions problem with chdir()

[Andrew Crowe]

Hi guys,

We're using the ISAPI version of PHP with IIS5.0

On some websites for some reason any php file in the websites root is given
the path winnt/system32 (getcwd() returns "C:\WINNT\syste m32"), while files
in a folder are given the correct dir.

To fix this I created a file that's included to all the files from php.ini


if(getcwd()=="C :\WINNT\system3 2"){
chdir($_SERVER["APPL_PHYSICAL_ PATH"]);
}

however this errors with

"Warning: chdir(): No such file or directory (errno 2) in C:\php\define.p hp"
(where $_SERVER["APPL_PHYSICAL_ PATH] return "D:\Websites\Si tename\www")

www folder has read permissions for IUSR_WEBSERVER, Sitename has no IUSR
permissions.

If I allow IUSR List Folder Contents on Sitename folder then it works fine.


Why does chdir require the parent folder to have this permission when the
folder it's changing to has read & list permissions?


Also does anyone know why some sites are given C:\WINNT\system 32 as a root
while some work as expected? I asked a while back but got no reply.


Thanks

Andrew