RE: [PHP] reading/writing files outside of web root

> Jason Wong wrote: > > On Wednesday 09 February 2005 02:31, Richard Lynch wrote: > >> Phil Ewington - 43 Plc wrote: > >> > For some reason user_prefs will not open > >> > for read/write even when I tested it under apache.apache and chmod'd > >> > to 755, > >> > perhaps because /home is owned by root? > >> > >> Something went wrong with this test. > >> > >> You SHOULD have been able to read/write that file in PHP, assuming > >> 'apache' is the user PHP runs as. Use > >> http://php.net/phpinfo to > >> confirm that it really *IS* 'apache' user that's running apache/php. > > > > It *will* fail if apache has no access to $HOME! > > I stand corrected. > > In addition to read/write access to the file itself, Apache must have at > least eXecute (directory listing) permission to the directory containing > that file. > > /home being owned by root is not the issue -- But if it's not something > the apahce user can 'ls /home' and get the contents of, then you've got a > problem. Thanks for all the input guys. The cron job suggestion is a great idea and I will go with this over using sudo. Thanks again. - Phil Ewington. -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 265.8.8 - Release Date: 14/02/2005