Re: Changing permissions
| From: | zavaboy | Date: | Sun, 19 Oct 2003 18:37:27 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: Changing permissions | ||
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How do I run my installer as root?
"Eugene Lee" <list-php-1@fsck.net> wrote in message
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> On Sat, Oct 18, 2003 at 10:28:49PM -0400, zavaboy wrote:
> :
> : Ok, I have a installer that only works if the directory that's being
> : installed to has public writing permissions. I tried chmod() on the
> : directory, but I get a error. How can I make it so my installer can
> : write in a directory with the incorrect writing permissions?
>
> You can't. That's what permissions are designed to do.
>
> If you can't even chmod the directory, then the directory probably
> doesn't belong to you. You can't install your stuff into a directory
> that isn't owned by you (or at least in the same group as you).
>
> Otherwise, if it's your system, run your installer as root.