File and directory permissions (so that people searching the archives have something to look for).
> That is correct. According to the docs, if the directory is not > executable, you can't even get the permissions on the files in it. > I'm confused, though. 1) To be able to _access_ a directory and its contents you need at minimum, execute permissions, on all directories in the path. 2) To be able to create files (ie write _new_ files) in a directory, you need write permission for the directory in which the file is to be created (as well as (1)). 3) To be able to change the contents of existing files you need (1) and you need write permissions on the file that you want to change. 4) To be able to rename files, you need (1) and read permissions on the source files and (2) on the destination directory. 5) To be able to _list_ the contents of a directory (as opposed to just having _access_) then you need (1) and read permissions on that directory. > -Doesn't PHP run as some user? Yes, usually as the user which runs the webserver. > -Is the issue giving that user execute permissions in the web root? Not just execute, you need write as well. > -Why the concern about letting that user have execute permissions, > and then prevent anyone (execpt those that have valid reasons) from > having write/execute permission to the webroot. Because in many shared-hosting environments, such an arrangement will mean that your fellow co-hosts will be able to read/write/trash files in your web space. That is why it was suggested that the OP used the FTP functions to write the files into his own web space. -- Jason Wong -> Gremlins Associates -> www.gremlins.biz Open Source Software Systems Integrators * Web Design & Hosting * Internet & Intranet Applications Development * ------------------------------------------ Search the list archives before you post http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=php-general ------------------------------------------ /* Stone's Law: One man's "simple" is another man's "huh?" */ -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
