Re: PHP Won't Access Files Outside Web Root (Leopard/MacOS X 10.5)

On 11/2/07 8:26 AM, "Jason Pruim" <japruim@raoset.com> wrote: > > On Nov 1, 2007, at 5:54 PM, Jim Lucas wrote: >> Sounds like a clear case of Apache being chroot'ed. >> >> This is based off the BSD style setup I believe. Which I believe >> Mac uses, So, I would check your startup line for Apache. I did >> some googling, but I could not find anything to confirm my thinking >> that the Mac Apache configuration is anything like the default >> OpenBSD setup. >> >> I know you can manually start httpd with the -u flag to disable >> chrooting >> >> Again, I can't find any examples of the Mac setup, but my money >> would be on chrooting as the problem. > > > I have been a Mac user for my entire computing life, and although I > can't tell you the difference between Apple's setup and OpenBSD's set > up.. I can point you to a list that would definitely be able to help. > which is: > http://lists.apple.com/mailman/listinfo/macos-x-server > > That list as some of the most knowledgeable mac Heads I have ever > dealt with, and they have helped me through all kinds of stuff. > > If anyone can tell you, they can. > That sounds like a good place to look. I actually did figure out a way to make this work. It appears that Apache Web Server did not have enough permissions to read files on a mounted share, simply because Leopard eliminated the -u -g arguments for mount_smbfs - so basically my guess was right on target. I was able to figure out the workaround to mounting a share giving it specific user/group: Sudo -u www mount_smbfs -f 0777 -d 0777 //usr:pwd@ip/share node That works! It mounts the share as "www" - which is Apache Web Server - and my PHP scripts had no problem reading files of the share on my Website. Now I need to figure out how to write an AppleScript (or use the Automator) to automate the process on every boot up. I had an AppleScript before to do this - but it's changed now. Thanks guys. PS: You guys are funny! And brilliant!! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Rahul Sitaram Johari CEO, Twenty Four Seventy Nine Inc. W: http://www.rahulsjohari.com E: sleepwalker@rahulsjohari.com ³I morti non sono piu soli ... The dead are no longer lonely²