Re: CHMOD a file in windows server 2003

Kencana wrote: > Hi all, > > anybody knows how to CHMOD a file to 777 or 666 or etc. in windows server > 2003? windows server 2003 (et al) uses a completely different mechanism to the std linux way of doing things with regard to file permissions. other than opening lots of dialogs and checking lots of boxs I don't really know ;-) SingTFW didn't offer any obvious results regarding setting NTFS file permissions directly from php. maybe you can load a .NET module that has this capability?: http://php.net/manual/en/ref.dotnet.php or likewise using the COM extension to gain access to something usable? http://php.net/manual/en/ref.com.php or maybe this?: http://php.net/manual/en/ref.w32api.php or this?: http://php.net/manual/en/ref.iisfunc.php I would probably figure out what commandline functionality windows offers to do this kind of thing and then call the relevant cmd using the functions provided here: http://php.net/manual/en/ref.exec.php of course a cynic might ask what the point was of bothering with permissions on a windows system - but I'll restrain myself ;-) > > thank you > > Regards, > Kencana