Re: Please help with files.

> Hello everyone- > > Here's my problem.. I have a script that uploads an image and then resizes > that image to a certain size etc. Then it takes that image and copies it to > a spefic location. My problem occurs when trying to copy the file to the > specific location because I get a permission denied (I'm running Linux 7.1 > with Apache). I have the script that does this operation off of the web > root so no one can access it in a browser etc. I'm trying to change the > permissions on the directory and the file. I'm also trying to change the > owner of the file. Finally, I'm trying to copy the file but on all of these > I get a permission denied error. The script runs under the user of Apache > and the Apache user doesn't have access to chmod, chown, or copy the files > like I need it to. Is there anyway around this issue? > > Thanks, > jay > > put the apache user and the owner of the directory where the file sould be copied to in a new user group for example "piccopy" and "chown <ownername>.piccopy <dirname>" the file then make the directory writable for all users in the group piccopy. regards Michael