Re: safest way to write a file to web server space?

>Regardless of the fact that there are a million other ways of creating a >CMS; assuming I'm doing it this way - what would be the safest way to >copy the file into a web directory? Does the file need to be created at the moment it's asked for, or can there be a lag? You could use cron to poll some neutral location (say, a list of requested values in a file in /tmp) and create the directories/files as whatever user you choose. --------------------------------------------------------------------- michal migurski- contact info and pgp key: sf/ca http://mike.teczno.com/contact.html