Re: Scripts creating files and folders into un/grp "Nobody" on Apache

Hi, Thursday, March 11, 2004, 5:20:04 PM, you wrote: J> Hi. J> I have a script that creates a folder and a bunch of jpegs... however J> instead of creating them into the user/group I'm in (let's call it J> "myGroup") it creates them into "Nobody". The problem becomes that when I J> ftp in to delete the files and idenitfy myself as myGroup, it fails to J> delete any of the files or folders and spits out a 550 permission denied. J> Having to delete the files from a script is a real pain too. J> I'm wondering how I can create the files and folders in my scripts so that J> they are under the un/grp of myGroup. J> here's how the folder is being created: J> if (!is_dir($thumbnailsPath)) J> mkdir ($thumbnailsPath, 0755); J> and the files: J> $src = ImageCreateFromJpeg($defImagesPath.$fileWExt); J> $dst = ImageCreateTrueColor($maxWidth, $maxHeight); J> $white = ImageColorAllocate($dst, 255, 255, 255); J> ImageFill ($dst, 0, 0, $white); J> ImageCopyResampled($dst, $src, 0, 0, 0, 0, $thumbWidth, $thumbHeight, J> $width, $height); J> ImageJpeg($dst, J> $defImagesPath."thumbnails/thumb_".$fileWExt, 100); J> ImageDestroy($src); J> ImageDestroy($dst); J> I've tried chown and chgrp, but I get an error that tells me basically I J> don't have sufficient privileges to do so. J> Linux server J> Apache 1.3.29 (Unix) J> PHP 4.3.3 J> If you're going to ask me if suEXEC is installed and enabled I'm not sure... J> You're going to have to instruct me how to check because I'm totally J> ignorant on that subject. I see a suexec in a usr/sbin/ directory two levels J> below my home directory: J> -r-s--x--- 1 root apache 11312 Oct 23 2002 suexec J> When I try "enable suexec" I get this: J> jailshell: enable: suexec: not a shell builtin J> Any advice? Use the php ftp functions to create directories and move uploaded files would be one way. -- regards, Tom