RE: [PHP] mkdir permission errors

-----Original Message----- From: Peter Ford [mailto:pete@justcroft.com] Sent: Tuesday, July 15, 2008 4:06 AM To: php-general@lists.php.net Subject: Re: [PHP] mkdir permission errors Wei, Alice J. wrote: > Hi, Rob: > > I forgot to mention that I have been using yum install. > I have reinstalled the entire thing, put back all the packages, and then I went to /var and > did a chmod -R 777 var, and then did a > > [root@localhost var]# chown -R apache:apache . > > Interestingly, I do not see anything different, and I still get this error that says my > permission is denied. Here is my > > [root@localhost var]# ps awxu | grep -E 'apache|httpd' > root 31547 0.0 0.3 21268 6584 ? Ss 16:12 0:00 /usr/sbin/httpd > apache 31549 0.0 0.2 21400 5572 ? S 16:12 0:00 /usr/sbin/httpd > apache 31550 0.0 0.2 21400 4908 ? S 16:12 0:00 /usr/sbin/httpd > apache 31551 0.0 0.2 21400 4908 ? S 16:12 0:00 /usr/sbin/httpd > apache 31552 0.0 0.2 21400 4896 ? S 16:12 0:00 /usr/sbin/httpd > apache 31553 0.0 0.2 21268 4860 ? S 16:12 0:00 /usr/sbin/httpd > apache 31554 0.0 0.2 21268 4860 ? S 16:12 0:00 /usr/sbin/httpd > apache 31555 0.0 0.2 21268 4860 ? S 16:12 0:00 /usr/sbin/httpd > apache 31556 0.0 0.2 21268 4860 ? S 16:12 0:00 /usr/sbin/httpd > root 31708 0.0 0.0 4120 728 pts/1 R+ 16:30 0:00 grep -E apache|httpd > > Obviously, my last one has already changed the owner to apache already.Nevertheless, I am still > denied even when I am now logged in as root. Is this anything with firewalls? > Hang on a minute: you're original message said the error was: Warning: chmod() [function.chmod]: Permission denied in /usr/local/apache/htdocs/file_linux.php on line 27 But you say you've re-installed, and done "chmod -R 777 var" and "chown -R apache:apache ." in /var A few things there: When you are changing permissions and ownerships on such a large scale, you should always use absolute paths to be sure you are doing the right thing - like "chmod -R 777 /var" and "chown -R apache:apache /var" Next, changing permission and ownership recursively on something like /var is likely to wreck your system in weird and wonderful ways, and is pretty difficult to undo - you might be looking at a total OS reinstall here (once you've solved your Apache problems) Finally, the error message refers to a file in /usr/local/apache/htdocs, but you then are changing permissions in /var - where is your web root?! It looks like your PHP code has the /usr/local/apache/htdocs path hard-coded, when your web files are actually in /var/something... I forgot to mention that I use Fedora on a Linux machine. I used yum install apache and yum install php to install my packages. Therefore, I don't have a /usr/local/apache/htdocs folder. The web root is now /var/www/html, which originally I do have /usr/local/apache/htdocs that I configured during previous installations. This is not there anymore after my reinstallations since yesterday. Do I really have to reinstall the entire Fedora? I hate to say that my scripts worked fine BEFORE yesterday until the power went out and nothing went right after I have restarted the entire system. Alice -- Peter Ford phone: 01580 893333 Developer fax: 01580 893399 Justcroft International Ltd., Staplehurst, Kent -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php