RE: [PHP] tar and ownership

I think if you are using the Unix Tar Version you can do tar -C /scripts/ -zxv -f ./scripts/mailfiles.tar.gz --owner=REPLACEME --group=REPLACEME >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Wouter van Vliet [mailto:wouter@springt.nl] >> Sent: Saturday, November 22, 2003 7:42 AM >> To: 'Rodney Green'; php-general@lists.php.net >> Subject: RE: [PHP] tar and ownership >> >> >> Rodney Green wrote: >> > Marek Kilimajer wrote: >> > >> >> Rodney Green wrote: >> >> >> >>> Greetings! >> >>> >> >>> I'm writing a script that downloads a tarball from an FTP server and >> >>> unpacks it into a directory. Here's the line of code that does this. >> >>> >> >>> exec("tar -C /scripts/ -zxv --preserve-permissions -f " . >> >>> "/scripts/mailfiles.tar.gz") or die('Tar failed!'); >> >>> >> >>> My problem is that the files' ownership is changed when the tarball >> >>> is unpacked. I'm executing the script from a web browser and Apache >> >>> is running as the user "apache" so the files are unpacked and >> >>> ownership given to the user apache. How can I make it so the files >> >>> will keep the original ownerships? This is important because the >> >>> files are mail files and the script is used to restore the mail >> >>> files from backup so the users can access them. >> >> >> >> >> >> Only root can change file ownership. >> >> >> > Thanks for replying. Any suggestions on how to do this then? >> > >> > Rod >> >> Multiple solutions, some better, easier, faster or securer than others >> >> - Make a 'cron' script, executing as root, which handles ownerships. >> - Make a 'cron' script, executing as your own user, that extracts >> the tarball >> - Use the suexec wrapper, to change the using user of your virtual >> host >> - Run Apache as another user >> - Make the users member of group 'apache', and give g+r file >> permissions (group gets read) >> >> With some inspiration you can probably come up with a few more, just as I >> could if I wanted too ;P >> >> Good luck! >> >> -- >> PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) >> To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php >> >>