opendir() in safe mode

[Jeremy Shovan]

What do I need to change to use the opendir() function when safe mode is
in affect??
I have root access to the server and can make any changes neccessary
except turn safe mode off

Thanks in advance,
Jeremy

[Michael Austin]

Re: opendir() in safe mode

Jeremy Shovan wrote:[color=blue]
> What do I need to change to use the opendir() function when safe mode is
> in affect??
> I have root access to the server and can make any changes neccessary
> except turn safe mode off
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Jeremy[/color]

who is the owner of the web server process? I could be wrong, but make
sure the process owner has access to the directory you are trying to
open. (ie in the same group, etc...)

(but I am not wrong: see:

go to the PHP site and search for "safe mode opendir" in the "online
docs"

and you will find:

http://www.php.net/rmdir

.....
"Note: When safe mode is enabled, PHP checks whether the directory in
which you are about to operate has the same UID (owner) as the script
that is being executed."

Michael Austin.

[Jeremy Shovan]

Re: opendir() in safe mode

Michael Austin wrote:
[color=blue]
> Jeremy Shovan wrote:
>[color=green]
>> What do I need to change to use the opendir() function when safe mode
>> is in affect??
>> I have root access to the server and can make any changes neccessary
>> except turn safe mode off
>>
>> Thanks in advance,
>> Jeremy[/color]
>
>
> who is the owner of the web server process? I could be wrong, but make
> sure the process owner has access to the directory you are trying to
> open. (ie in the same group, etc...)
>
> (but I am not wrong: see:
>
> go to the PHP site and search for "safe mode opendir" in the "online
> docs"
>
> and you will find:
>
> http://www.php.net/rmdir
> ....
> "Note: When safe mode is enabled, PHP checks whether the directory in
> which you are about to operate has the same UID (owner) as the script
> that is being executed."
>
> Michael Austin.[/color]

Thanks for the reply. I understand that much but my problem is that I
need scripts with different uid's to access the directory that I am
opening. The code is used with several sites on the server. I read the
documentation already but I dont quite understand what to do. I set the
safe_mode_inclu de_dir and safe_mode_exec_ dir in the php.ini file but
that didn't work.

Jeremy

[Michael Austin]

Re: opendir() in safe mode

Jeremy Shovan wrote:
[color=blue]
> Michael Austin wrote:
>[color=green]
>> Jeremy Shovan wrote:
>>[color=darkred]
>>> What do I need to change to use the opendir() function when safe mode
>>> is in affect??
>>> I have root access to the server and can make any changes neccessary
>>> except turn safe mode off
>>>
>>> Thanks in advance,
>>> Jeremy[/color]
>>
>>
>>
>> who is the owner of the web server process? I could be wrong, but make
>> sure the process owner has access to the directory you are trying to
>> open. (ie in the same group, etc...)
>>
>> (but I am not wrong: see:
>>
>> go to the PHP site and search for "safe mode opendir" in the "online
>> docs"
>>
>> and you will find:
>>
>> http://www.php.net/rmdir
>> ....
>> "Note: When safe mode is enabled, PHP checks whether the directory in
>> which you are about to operate has the same UID (owner) as the script
>> that is being executed."
>>
>> Michael Austin.[/color]
>
>
> Thanks for the reply. I understand that much but my problem is that I
> need scripts with different uid's to access the directory that I am
> opening. The code is used with several sites on the server. I read the
> documentation already but I dont quite understand what to do. I set the
> safe_mode_inclu de_dir and safe_mode_exec_ dir in the php.ini file but
> that didn't work.
>
> Jeremy[/color]

try putting the UID's and directories in the same group (btw, I am
"assuming" that this is Unix/Linux) chgrp dir <group of UID> and setting
the protections to 664 or 764 or 774... using chmod.
||+--> World Privilege
|+---> Group Privilege
+----> Owner Privilege
7 = rwx
6 = rw-
5 = r-x
4 = r--
3 = -wx
2 = -w-
1 = --x
0 = ---


Michael Austin.