RE: [PHP] Please assist - been on this for hours - Permissions on server

2003-07-10 Thread Steve Jackson
> The root of the problem (pun intended) Oh dear! ;o) > is that you're trying to > write to the > root (/) directory which is usually only possible if you're the root user. > > Again, the question is _why_ do you need to write to the root directory? > Wouldn't your file function if it wasn't

Re: [PHP] Please assist - been on this for hours - Permissions on server

2003-07-10 Thread Jason Wong
On Thursday 10 July 2003 21:04, Steve Jackson wrote: > > But _why_ do you need to write to the root directory? Why not > > just write to a directory where you *do* have permission to write to? > > I can already do that. > My problem is that I need to move or copy/delete the file from the place > I

RE: [PHP] Please assist - been on this for hours - Permissions on server

2003-07-10 Thread Steve Jackson
> But _why_ do you need to write to the root directory? Why not > just write to a directory where you *do* have permission to write to? I can already do that. My problem is that I need to move or copy/delete the file from the place I do have permission to write to to the root. I have generated

Re: [PHP] Please assist - been on this for hours - Permissions on server

2003-07-09 Thread Jason Wong
On Wednesday 09 July 2003 19:29, Steve Jackson wrote: > > Change the ownership on the directory to whichever user > > apache is running as (this is the User directive in your > > httpd.conf file). Then you can restrict the permissions on > > that directory. You could probably make it 600 if you wa

RE: [PHP] Please assist - been on this for hours - Permissions on server

2003-07-09 Thread Steve Jackson
> On Tue, 2003-07-08 at 07:21, Steve Jackson wrote: > > If I set permissions of my server root to chmod 777 that's > a security > > risk right? How do I set my server to allow me to write a > file to my > > web root from another directory using PHP? Or is it a Unix problem? > > > > I have a ge