I am attempting to move a working PHP installation from one ISP to Lunarpages.
I have a PHP script that needs to allow the webuser to manage an image directory.
Currently, the script is getting the error "Permission denied" when it attempts to unlink() or copy() from the image directory.

On the previous ISP I needed to setup an ACL zone.  But this is not available here.

I would like to permit the CGI/PHP script to have complete rights to the image directory.

I tried the "CGI wrapper" option and copied the script into the /scgi-bin directory and it did not work.

Any help would be appreciated.

Mike K

STEPHAN,

Thanks for the reply, but it is more than just the CHMOD permissions.  The directory is currently 755 and the files are 644.  I have only one user account, no group members.
I changed one file to 774, and tried to unlink() it and it still failed.

What user does the CGI/PHP scripts use when they are run from the internet?  The CGI wrapper stated it uses my account.  But I can not prove it.

The script user needs to be given R/W permission to this one directory.  
What types of control can this user be given?

Do I need to have the webuser sign in?

Thanks again for any assistance,

Mike K

I just moved into the neighborhood.  I don't think I want to leave all of my doors unlocked.

Doing a CHMOD to 777 would allow anyone on the same server to have total control to all the files in that directory.  

There has to be a solution for this common need.
The "scgiwrap" should have done the trick but I do not know if it has not been installed correctly or I am just missing something simple.  

Thanks again for any and all assistance,

Mike K
 
 [ March 23, 2003, 07:02 PM: Message edited by: MWK ]

TWebMan,

Thanks for the help, but the images are referenced within the website so they will need to be within the public_html directory structure.

The other ISP that I am on currently allows for this type of access through a seperate utility that I cannot find here on Lunarpages.  It is a SunOS box but they want three times the amount per month that Lunarpages is asking. I am just starting to build a little website for my daughter's wedding registry.  I thought this would be a great time to learn PHP and MySQL, etc.  I am now realizing why unix-like systems are not ready for prime time.  Too many small differences that stop you in your tracks.  You have to spend all your waking hours attempting to get around them.

Thanks again for being there,

Mike K

For about 12 years, I've had, designed and maintaned several websites with ONE directory chmodded to 777 and I've never had a problem.  Even if there were, it would be limited to that directory, and The chance of someone running malicious code there is practically nil.

I really wouldn't be that concerned about it.  I've had more problems on my Windows-based desktops than any server I ever worked with heheh
 

I haven't had occasion to do that here, but I'll look into it