Bug #13130 Updated: Safe mode refuses to allow permission

ID: 13130 Updated by: jeroen Reported By: wim@godden.net Status: Bogus Bug Type: Apache related Operating System: RedHat Linux 6.2, kernel 2.4.1 PHP Version: 4.0.6 New Comment: The answer is no, of course :-) Ask your question via php-general / php-install (more details: http://www.php.net/support.php ) for more info. BTW, safe mode is STRICTER than normal mode, your problems have NOTHING to do with safe-mode. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2001-09-23 14:04:39] wim@godden.net So, to be able to use safe mode, you should run Apache as root ??? I start Apache as root, but the default user/group is nobody/nobody. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2001-09-23 13:51:35] jeroen@php.net I think it's general permission problem too. But not like you do. Keep in mind that the webserver runs under the user as defined in you httpd.conf. Safe-mode cannot and does not change that. So _first_ safe-mode must allow it, and _second_ apache needs to have write permissions to that file. In you case, safe-mode does allow it (otherwise you'd get a safe-mode error), but your general permissions aren't set correctly. Not a bug. (by the way, you should have asked this on a support forum, www.php.net/support.php ) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2001-09-23 12:25:32] wim@godden.net Any news yet related to this problem ??? ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2001-09-04 08:24:50] wim@godden.net Safe mode appears to be malfunctioning. I've enabled safe mode for the whole server, php scripts appear to work fine, but when a php script attempts to write a file (in a directory owned by the same user as the php script), php complains it can't write. For example, using imagejpeg to export a jpeg file, results in : Warning: imagejpeg: unable to open '/home/photo-user/html/pictures/05090027.JPG' for writing in /home/photo-user/html/functions.inc.php on line 35 Using fopen to write a file gives the same result, so I believe it to be a general permission problem. Also, when I try to use convert (image conversion utility), located in /usr/local/bin (I have added php_admin_value safe_mode_exec_dir /usr/local/bin/ to the Apache config), I get a shell return value of 154 (can't find what it means). PHP should be able to execute that file and have it converting images (writing them back to the directory owned by the user running the php script). The full configure : ./configure --with-apxs=/usr/local/apache/bin/apxs --with-imap --enable-versioning --enable-ftp --with-mysql=/usr/local/mysql --with-snmp=/usr/local/snmp --with-openssl=/usr/local/ssl --enable-dbase --enable-debug --with-pear --with-mcrypt --with-dom --with-pcre --with-zlib-dir=/usr --with-jpeg-dir --with-gd --enable-exif ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=13130&edit=1