Re: chmod failed: Operation not permitted

the files are all owned by me, that is, my unix login. --- Jason Bell <jbell@barkingrat.com> wrote: > who owns the file to begin with? your account? a > web server typically runs > as a low access account, such as "nobody" on Unix. > So, what is probably > happening is that you don't have permissions to > chmod the file. Doesn't have > anything to do with your PHP configuration. > > Jason Bell > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Police Trainee" <policetrainee@yahoo.com> > To: "PHP" <php-general@lists.php.net> > Sent: Friday, August 31, 2001 11:43 AM > Subject: [PHP] chmod failed: Operation not permitted > > > > can anyone help? > > safe mode is set to "0", which i believe is "off". > > > > i put a chmod command in one of my scripts and got > the > > following error on running it: > > > > Warning: chmod failed: Operation not permitted in > > /path-here/index.phtml on line 1 > > > > why won't chmod work? > > > > the chmod command i used is: > <?chmod("../index.phtml", > > 0646);write data to file that has been made > > world-writable here; chmod("../index.phtml", > 0644);}?> > > > > the full error printout is: > > > > Warning: chmod failed: Operation not permitted in > > /path-here/index.phtml on line 1 > > > > Warning: fopen("../index.phtml","a") - Permission > > denied in > > /path here/index.phtml on line 1 > > > > Warning: Unable to find file identifier 0 in > > /path here/index.phtml on line 2 > > > > Warning: chmod failed: Operation not permitted in > > /path-here/index.phtml on line 2 > > > > I know the second error is because the file wasn't > > made world-writable so it wasn't able to write to > it, > > i don't know what the third error is for > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Get email alerts & NEW webcam video instant > messaging with Yahoo! > Messenger > > http://im.yahoo.com > > > > -- > > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > > For additional commands, e-mail: > php-general-help@lists.php.net > > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: > php-list-admin@lists.php.net > > > > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get email alerts & NEW webcam video instant messaging with Yahoo! Messenger http://im.yahoo.com