RE: [PHP] mkdir permission errors

Hi, Rob: I did follow the instruction of putting in chown apache:apache htdocs. Now when I run the ls -la command, I get this: [root@localhost apache]# ls -la total 68 drwxr-xr-x 15 root root 4096 2008-06-24 09:36 . drwxr-xr-x 13 root root 4096 2008-07-14 08:53 .. drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2008-06-24 09:36 bin drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2008-06-24 09:36 build drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2008-07-14 08:57 cgi-bin drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 2008-06-25 17:39 conf drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 2008-06-24 09:36 error drwxr-xr-x 2 apache apache 4096 2008-07-14 15:43 htdocs drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 2008-06-24 09:36 icons drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2008-06-24 09:36 include drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 2008-06-24 09:36 lib drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2008-06-27 14:17 logs drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 2008-06-24 09:36 man drwxr-xr-x 14 root root 12288 2008-06-10 15:18 manual drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2008-06-24 09:44 modules However, this does not change any of the errors I have been getting by executing my PHP code. I still get Warning: chmod() [function.chmod]: Permission denied in /usr/local/apache/htdocs/file_linux.php on line 27 Is this what I should be having in my ownership of the files? Thanks for your help. Alice ====================================================== Alice Wei MIS 2009 School of Library and Information Science Indiana University Bloomington ajwei@indiana.edu ________________________________________ From: Robert Cummings [robert@interjinn.com] Sent: Monday, July 14, 2008 3:42 PM To: Wei, Alice J. Cc: php-general@lists.php.net Subject: RE: [PHP] mkdir permission errors On Mon, 2008-07-14 at 15:37 -0400, Wei, Alice J. wrote: > Hi, Rob: > > Here is the updated version from the correct command: > > [root@localhost htdocs]# ps awxu | grep -E 'apache|httpd' > root 30957 0.0 0.5 27576 11016 ? Ss 14:27 0:00 /usr/sbin/httpd > apache 30959 0.0 0.3 27708 7452 ? S 14:27 0:00 /usr/sbin/httpd > apache 30960 0.0 0.3 27576 6800 ? S 14:27 0:00 /usr/sbin/httpd > apache 30961 0.0 0.3 27576 6800 ? S 14:27 0:00 /usr/sbin/httpd > apache 30962 0.0 0.3 27576 6788 ? S 14:27 0:00 /usr/sbin/httpd > apache 30963 0.0 0.3 27576 6788 ? S 14:27 0:00 /usr/sbin/httpd > apache 30964 0.0 0.3 27576 6788 ? S 14:27 0:00 /usr/sbin/httpd > apache 30965 0.0 0.3 27576 6788 ? S 14:27 0:00 /usr/sbin/httpd > apache 30966 0.0 0.3 27576 6788 ? S 14:27 0:00 /usr/sbin/httpd > root 31299 0.0 0.0 4120 676 pts/1 R+ 15:36 0:00 grep -E apache|httpd > [root@localhost htdocs]# > > Does this suggest anything? Yep, apache is not running as root. It is running as user apache. Now go to the parent directory and input the following command: chown apache:apache <directoryName> That will change the ownership/group to apache. And then apache can write to it. Cheers, Rob. -- http://www.interjinn.com Application and Templating Framework for PHP