Re: ownership and permissions

On 6/6/07, blueboy <ross@aztechost.com> wrote:

t: 0131 553 3935 | m:07816 996 930 | ross@blue-fly.co.uk | http://www:blue-fly.co.uk I cannot delete a couple of folders on the server as the have the owner 'nobody'. All I am doing is making the folders with mkdir($customer_id, 0755); Now is there a way to set the ownership when I created the folder. What is the appropriate folder levels for securoty (755, 640?) Thanks, R. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php

If you search the archives, I wrote out a very long post on file and folder security a few weeks back. Also, chances are, you can't chown() the files with your PHP scripts, but you can do either.... <? exec('rm -fR '.$customer_id.' >> 2>&1',$ret,$xc); $xc == 1 ? echo $ret : ''; ?> .... or, by far easier.... <? unlink($customer_id); ?> Since your existing scripts run as user: nobody, the file delete script will, as well, meaning the files and folders that were created via the web can be removed via the web. -- Daniel P. Brown [office] (570-) 587-7080 Ext. 272 [mobile] (570-) 766-8107