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

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 want. > > Can this be done automatically with PHP? > > I want a file to be written to the root directory by PHP and not have to > get the web server admin to change ownership privaleges on the root. Think about it, permissions are there for a reason -- to prevent users from doing what they shouldn't be doing. > Basically does anyone know how to get PHP to see what the server name > and group is and then assign the writing rights to the script? Run the script as root. Not recommended, unless you know what you're doing. > This will allow me to generate a file on the fly. 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? -- 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 ------------------------------------------ /* The University of California Statistics Department; where mean is normal, and deviation standard. */