Re: chmod failed: Operation not permitted

Therein lies the problem. The webserver, therefore your PHP script, is probably *NOT* running with your credentials. Larry * Police Trainee <policetrainee@yahoo.com> [010831 13:50]: > 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 > > -- > 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 > -- Larry Rosenman http://www.lerctr.org/~ler Phone: +1 972-414-9812 E-Mail: ler@lerctr.org US Mail: 1905 Steamboat Springs Drive, Garland, TX 75044-6749