RE: [PHP] chown ..opperation not permitted

Good day. As you've probably surmised, chown needs to be run as the root user, even if the file or directory in question is owned by the user wanting to make the change. Setting up sudo access should work properly. Ensure that the service is actually running as "nobody" and not another unprivileged user. However, it should be mentioned that this is a very, very insecure method! The chown operator was designed more for PHP command-line scripts that would be run as another user. You may want to re-evaluate why you are changing ownerships of directories from a web page, and determine if there is a safer, more secure way of doing what you want. ============================ Darren Gamble Planner, Regional Services Shaw Cablesystems GP 630 - 3rd Avenue SW Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2P 4L4 (403) 781-4948 -----Original Message----- From: John Weez [mailto:john@atomfx.com] Sent: Monday, April 15, 2002 11:55 AM To: php-general@lists.php.net Subject: [PHP] chown ..opperation not permitted Hi all, My config is Apache 1.3 with PhP4 loaded as a module. I have a script which makes a directory. This directory is owned by nobody.nobody because that is what apache runs as. But, I want this directory to be owned by a differrent user. So, After making the directory i use the php command chown to change the directory ownership. Now, I get an error saying opperation not permitted. I figured this is because of some security problems... So i try dropping in to the shell using teh backtick operator and by also setting up sudo to give access to the chown command to user nobody....this does not work from my php script BUT, it does work fine if i enter it on a shell line... There must be a simple way that I can implement the chown function in php? Any ideas??? John -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php