Re: Uploading files / processing with a PHP script

On Sun, October 8, 2006 2:49 pm, Larry Garfield wrote: > The owner of a file can change ownership of the file, too, I believe, > essentially "willing" it to someone else. I sure hope not... Cuz then I could chmod 4777 a file to make it execute as owner, then I could "will" it to 'root' owner, and then I am root. [4### is how you make it "run as user" right?...] Actually, at that point, as it's chmod 777, *every* user on the machine is 'root' as they can cram whatever they want into that file. Total chaos ensues. That would be bad. :-) :-) :-) > A better solution is to set the file's group permissions to 7, then > chown the > file to apache:mygroup, then put both apache and your ftp user into > the > mygroup group. This is a Good Solution, however, and probably most closely resembles the real-world need: www and rpiggot need to be in a common group of users with access to this file. -- Some people have a "gift" link here. Know what I want? I want you to buy a CD from some starving artist. http://cdbaby.com/browse/from/lynch Yeah, I get a buck. So?