Re: php permissions

How? Manually each time a file is uploaded? Or with PHP somehow? I appreciate your response, but perhaps I'm not clear enough. Isn't it quite common to have php creating/editing/deleting files on the server? How is this done in a secure manner? Could you explain further? Thanks. >>> "Dave Raven" <dave@raven.za.net> 04/19/02 01:55PM >>> chown them to nobody. ----- Original Message ----- From: "ROBERT MCPEAK" <RMCPEAK@jhuccp.org> To: <php-general@lists.php.net> Sent: Friday, April 19, 2002 7:53 PM Subject: [PHP] php permissions > php is running on our box as nobody:nogroup. I'm trying to write php > code that will edit/delete files uploaded to the server by other users, > and, obviously, I get a permissions error. > > My sysadmin is hesitant to give php more access until I do some > research about the security issues involved, and I am a relative newbie > and I'm not sure what the issues are or how to find out more about > them. > > How do I give php permissions to delete files etc., without opening up > an security hole? Is this an issue at all? > > Help! > > Thanks! > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > >