Re: Script execution

On Mon, Mar 9, 2009 at 4:04 PM, Daniel Brown <danbrown@php.net> wrote: > On Mon, Mar 9, 2009 at 16:59, George Larson <george.g.larson@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Am I imagining things?  If not, how would I properly make them able to run >> through a browser? > >    You're not imagining things.  In general, unless set up with > SuExec privileges, Apache (which is probably the HTTP server you're > using) will run as 'nobody,' 'apache,' 'www,' or > 'daemon.'  If you > can't configure it to SuExec (check Google for some ideas on this.... > you'll need root access), you could use the less-secure (this, not > recommended) options of changing the file mode permissions to 0777 or > change the file ownership (if you have the right permissions yourself) > to be owned by the same user and/or group as which Apache runs. > >    It may sound a little confusing at first glance, but it's really > not.  Just keep in mind that UNIX and Linux (Mac and similar OS'es > fall in here, too) are simultaneous multi-user systems, meaning that > many users (including virtual users that the system uses as aliases > for individualized permissions) can be "logged in" and run processes > concurrently. OP is a Windows user. I am assuming that they are using Windows. George, if you are using IIS as your web server, PHP will be executed (by default, anyway) under the IUSR_<your computer name> user account (pre-Vista). The directories and files your PHP script will need to mess with should be given the appropriate permissions as related to that user. HTH, -- // Todd