directory permissions

[johnmark@fastermail.com]

How does one set directory permissions in PHP? The manual only refers
to chmod function changing permissions for files. I try to use it for
directories but it didn't work.

John

[Andy Hassall]

Re: directory permissions

On 21 Nov 2006 11:37:08 -0800, johnmark@faster mail.com wrote:

>How does one set directory permissions in PHP? The manual only refers
>to chmod function changing permissions for files. I try to use it for
>directories but it didn't work.

In what way did it not work? Because that's the correct function to use.

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[jkmambo@gmail.com]

Re: directory permissions


Andy Hassall wrote:

On 21 Nov 2006 11:37:08 -0800, johnmark@faster mail.com wrote:
>

How does one set directory permissions in PHP? The manual only refers
to chmod function changing permissions for files. I try to use it for
directories but it didn't work.

>
In what way did it not work? Because that's the correct function to use.
>
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Here is the statement I am running
chmod(./directoryname/, 0777)

[Kim André Akerø]

Re: directory permissions

jkmambo@gmail.c om wrote:

Andy Hassall wrote:

On 21 Nov 2006 11:37:08 -0800, johnmark@faster mail.com wrote:

How does one set directory permissions in PHP? The manual only
refers to chmod function changing permissions for files. I try to
use it for directories but it didn't work.

In what way did it not work? Because that's the correct function
to use.

>
Here is the statement I am running
chmod(./directoryname/, 0777)

You ARE enclosing the directory path in quotes, right?

chmod("./directoryname/", 0777);

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[johnmark@fastermail.com]

Re: directory permissions

Yes, I am enclosing the directoryname with quotes

John

Kim André Akerø wrote:

jkmambo@gmail.c om wrote:
>

Andy Hassall wrote:

On 21 Nov 2006 11:37:08 -0800, johnmark@faster mail.com wrote:
>
How does one set directory permissions in PHP? The manual only
refers to chmod function changing permissions for files. I try to
use it for directories but it didn't work.
>
In what way did it not work? Because that's the correct function
to use.

Here is the statement I am running
chmod(./directoryname/, 0777)

>
You ARE enclosing the directory path in quotes, right?
>
chmod("./directoryname/", 0777);
>
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[Gordon Burditt]

Re: directory permissions

>How does one set directory permissions in PHP? The manual only refers

>to chmod function changing permissions for files. I try to use it for
>directories but it didn't work.

>>
> In what way did it not work? Because that's the correct function to use.
>>

>Here is the statement I am running
>chmod(./directoryname/, 0777)

What is the owner of the directory?
What user is the PHP process running as (e.g. 'apache', 'daemon', 'www', etc)?

If these don't match, you can't change the permissions because the OS
won't let PHP do it.

[johnmark@fastermail.com]

Re: directory permissions


Gordon Burditt wrote:

How does one set directory permissions in PHP? The manual only refers
to chmod function changing permissions for files. I try to use it for
directories but it didn't work.
>
In what way did it not work? Because that's the correct function to use.
>

>

Here is the statement I am running
chmod(./directoryname/, 0777)

>
What is the owner of the directory?
What user is the PHP process running as (e.g. 'apache', 'daemon', 'www', etc)?
>
If these don't match, you can't change the permissions because the OS
won't let PHP do it.

The directory is under apache web root directory. Its currently set to
755. I am running PHP under apache.

[johnmark@fastermail.com]

Re: directory permissions


Gordon Burditt wrote:

How does one set directory permissions in PHP? The manual only refers
to chmod function changing permissions for files. I try to use it for
directories but it didn't work.
>
In what way did it not work? Because that's the correct function to use.
>

>

Here is the statement I am running
chmod(./directoryname/, 0777)

>
What is the owner of the directory?
What user is the PHP process running as (e.g. 'apache', 'daemon', 'www', etc)?
>
If these don't match, you can't change the permissions because the OS
won't let PHP do it.

The directory is under apache web root directory. Its currently set to
755. I am running PHP under apache.

[Jerry Stuckle]

Re: directory permissions

johnmark@faster mail.com wrote:

Gordon Burditt wrote:
>

>>>>>How does one set directory permissions in PHP? The manual only refers
>>>>>to chmod function changing permissions for files. I try to use it for
>>>>>directorie s but it didn't work.
>>>>
>>>In what way did it not work? Because that's the correct function to use.
>>>>

>>

>>>Here is the statement I am running
>>>chmod(./directoryname/, 0777)

>>
>>What is the owner of the directory?
>>What user is the PHP process running as (e.g. 'apache', 'daemon', 'www', etc)?
>>
>>If these don't match, you can't change the permissions because the OS
>>won't let PHP do it.

>
>
The directory is under apache web root directory. Its currently set to
755. I am running PHP under apache.
>

But again, who is the owner? And what is the user Apache is running under?

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[Gordon Burditt]

Re: directory permissions

>How does one set directory permissions in PHP? The manual only refers

>to chmod function changing permissions for files. I try to use it for
>directories but it didn't work.
>>
> In what way did it not work? Because that's the correct function to use.
>>

>>

>Here is the statement I am running
>chmod(./directoryname/, 0777)

>>
>What is the owner of the directory?
>What user is the PHP process running as (e.g. 'apache', 'daemon', 'www', etc)?
>>
>If these don't match, you can't change the permissions because the OS
>won't let PHP do it.

>
>The directory is under apache web root directory.

AND WHAT USER OWNS IT? (Hint: under UNIX, "ls -ld" will tell you this.
Under PHP, the stat() or fileowner() function will give the numeric user id,
and the posix_getpwnam( ) function will translate that to a name.)

>Its currently set to
>755. I am running PHP under apache.

AS WHAT USER?
(Hint: under UNIX, various forms of ps will give the user name running
the 'httpd' or 'apache' process. )