Re: Permission Denied - Help Requested

At 11:14 PM 3/28/2011, Adam Richardson wrote:

On Mon, Mar 28, 2011 at 11:03 PM, Ethan Rosenberg <<mailto:ethros@earthlink.net>ethros@earthlink.net> wrote: At 01:32 AM 3/28/2011, Hans Åhlin wrote: Do you have SELinux installed? 2011/3/28 Ethan Rosenberg <<mailto:ethros@earthlink.net>ethros@earthlink.net>: Dear List - Thanks for all your help in the past.  Here is another one... I am getting a Permission Denied" message when I try to run a PHP script.  I just changed the mode on the directory and the files to 777.  This problem arose when I changed the permissions.  I thought I was solving a problem, because I could not open a file for writing.  I was not receiving error messages, but no file was created. Help and advice, please. Ethan Rosenberg **********************************************  Hans Åhlin   Tel: +46761488019   icq: 275232967   <http://www.kronan-net.com/>http://www.kronan-net.com/   irc://<http://irc.freenode.net:6667>irc.freenode.net:6667 - TheCoin ********************************************** Hans - Sorry, I did not include my signature, which includes all the requested information. Here it is.... Ethan ========== MySQL 5.1 PHP 5.3.3-6 Linux [Debian (sid)] The problem persists. I cannot write to a file from PHP. Any more suggestions? Thanks. Ethan Hi Ethan, Are you using suPHP or suExec? I believe the server chokes on 777 permissions in those cases. Have you checked the permissions in the command line (sorry for the basic question, but just making sure I know what you've already done?) Also, can we see some of the code you're using to handle the file processing? Thanks, Adam -- Nephtali: A simple, flexible, fast, and security-focused PHP framework <http://nephtaliproject.com>http://nephtaliproject.com

+++++++++ Adam - Thanks.

1] Pardon my ignorance but I do not understand this - Are you using suPHP or suExec?

2] I changed the permissions to 755 and the "Permission Denied" message went away. 3] Have you checked the permissions in the command line? Yes 4] Here are some code snippets: $fptr1 = fopen("chessboard", "r+"); //this works $fptr2 = fopen('chessboard', 'w'); //this deletes the file, as it should for($i = 0; $i <8; $i++)

        {
                for ($j = 0; $j < 8; $j++)
                        fprinf($fptr2, "%s ", $results[$i][$j]);
                fprinf($fptr2, "\n");

        } //this never writes, so I am left with an empty file

// I tried the following two code blocks, and the output files were never created. $number = 123; $file = fopen("test.txt","w"); fprintf($file,"%f",$number); $myFile = "testFile.txt"; $fh = fopen($myFile, 'w') or die("can't open file"); $stringData = "Bobby Bopper\n"; fwrite($fh, $stringData); $stringData = "Tracy Tanner\n"; fwrite($fh, $stringData); fclose($fh); Ethan