Re: [PHP3] Reading Dir contents

In article <1C00A41BCC00D3119F7B00A0C9D635DCD103AB@triton.triton-network.com>, pbenoit@triton-network.com (Peter Benoit) wrote: > I had a UNIX PHP host, and recently switched to one with NT so I can play > around with ASP and CF at the same time. I have some scripts that read the > contents of directories and presented information accordingly. While this > worked on my UNIX host, it doesn't on my NT host. When I asked support > about this, they said there was a security risk involved so they denied that > type of access. > > My questions are this. Aren't I just read/writing to that directory? And > aren't I doing it with some type of nobody permission? Is this really a > security risk? If not, what can I tell them to change it? NT doesn't do file permissions like Unix... I think your ISP might actually know what they are doing, other than using NT in the first place. :-) -- Richard Lynch | If this was worth $$$ to you, buy a CD US Customer Support Director | from one of the artists listed here: Zend Technologies USA | http://www.L-I-E.com/artists.htm http://www.zend.com | (this has nothing to do with Zend, duh!)