Re: [PHP] [PHP]: permission problem www-data

2011-01-18 Thread Daniel Brown
On Tue, Jan 18, 2011 at 10:55, Jim Lucas wrote: > > You could run PHP in FastCGI mode and start it as your user.  Then have your > web > server use that PHP instance for your web site to process all PHP requests. > > This is how we have our servers at the office setup.  Works great. My guess

Re: [PHP] [PHP]: permission problem www-data

2011-01-18 Thread Jim Lucas
On 1/18/2011 2:19 AM, a...@ashleysheridan.co.uk wrote: > Because the web server is what runs php as a module, and the web server has > its own user for security reasons. You could try chmod but that is generally > a last resort. > > Thanks, > Ash > http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk > > - Repl

Re: [PHP] [PHP]: permission problem www-data

2011-01-18 Thread Jim Lucas
On 1/18/2011 1:44 AM, Moses wrote: > Hi Everyone, > > I am creating a file in PHP script which takes a value from a form and > writes it > to a file. However, i don't have the mode permission for the file instead it > is owned > by www-data.What can i do to ensure that the file is owned by me. >

Re: [PHP] [PHP]: permission problem www-data

2011-01-18 Thread Donovan Brooke
Moses wrote: Hi Everyone, I am creating a file in PHP script which takes a value from a form and writes it to a file. However, i don't have the mode permission for the file instead it is owned by www-data.What can i do to ensure that the file is owned by me. drwxr-xr-x 2 www-data www-data 4096

Re: [PHP] [PHP]: permission problem www-data

2011-01-18 Thread a...@ashleysheridan.co.uk
Because the web server is what runs php as a module, and the web server has its own user for security reasons. You could try chmod but that is generally a last resort. Thanks, Ash http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk - Reply message - From: "Moses" Date: Tue, Jan 18, 2011 10:17 Subject: [PH

Re: [PHP] [PHP]: permission problem www-data

2011-01-18 Thread Moses
Hi Ash, I have tried to use chown but i am getting the error Warning: chown() [function.chown]: Operation not permitted I would like to know why the apache(www-data) owns the file rather than the user (me). Thanks. On Tue, Jan 18, 2011 at 11:53 AM, a...@ashleysheridan.co.uk < a...@ashleysherid

Re: [PHP] [PHP]: permission problem www-data

2011-01-18 Thread a...@ashleysheridan.co.uk
you could use the chown method in php, which should do what you need. Thanks, Ash http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk - Reply message - From: "Moses" Date: Tue, Jan 18, 2011 09:44 Subject: [PHP] [PHP]: permission problem www-data To: Hi Everyone, I am creating a file in PHP script which t