Re: Security question with PHP on Unix / Linux.

Hi Dan, I am a newbie to Unix systems and so it is very much possible to misunderstand concepts there:-( Well, I had first posted this on the PHP general list. Got no response there and so posted onto this mailing list. Maybe I will again go back to the general list. Thanks, Ananth. >>> "Dan Hardiker" <dhardiker@staff.firstcreative.net> 02/04/03 04:18PM >>> > At this point of time, I am trying to understand the way security is > implemented for PHP on Unix / Linux. I mean, how are the different users > distinguished in Unix / Linux. Do they get to login into the Unix / > Linux system through separate accounts? In that case, do they have > separate data space for each user? What is the API that is used to login > to Unix / Linux. User may enter his username and password on the > browser, but how do they get translated onto the Unix / Linux box? > > The end goal is to separate out uses and to make sure that normal users > (who do not have admin rights) do not get to read a file, write into a > file etc from areas that they have no access rights into. How is this > access rights set in Unix / Linux? As this shows a basic mis-understanding of the way Unix based / look-a-like operating systems work, and how PHP is executed... this is definatly a question for the php "general" list (php-general@lists.php.net). This forum is for discussion about the constructs that form PHP itself, not its implementation or its use. -- Dan Hardiker [dhardiker@staff.firstcreative.net] ADAM Software & Systems Engineer First Creative -- PHP Development Mailing List <http://www.php.net/> To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php