Re: mkdir permission errors

On Tue, 2008-07-15 at 09:06 +0100, Peter Ford wrote: > 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 As Scooby would say... "Ruh, Roh!". Cheers, Rob. -- http://www.interjinn.com Application and Templating Framework for PHP