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Posted by Shelly on 11/11/01 11:19
I found out how to get the permissions on the directories. They were set to
RE for group and others. Owner, webmaster, had RWE. Giving RWE to group
didn't do anything. Giving RWE to others didn't do anything.
Shelly
"Shelly" <sheldonlg.news@asap-consult.com> wrote in message
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>
> "Erwin Moller"
> <since_humans_read_this_I_am_spammed_too_much@spamyourself.com> wrote in
> message news:42b9190f$0$27856$e4fe514c@news.xs4all.nl...
>> Shelly wrote:
>>
>>> I have a new server and I have my files up there. The files are in
>>> /var/www/html/. In this directory I have another directory that I
>>> created
>>> called "users". I am unable to figure out how to set permissions on
>>> this
>>> directory, and what those permissions should be. I am using ShieldHost.
>>>
>>> When there is a new user, and he enters his desired name and password,
>>> as
>>> part of the process I want to create a small directory tree under
>>> "users"
>>> with the username as the top level. I get that I don't have permission
>>> to
>>> do that with the mkdir in the code. The line of code is:
>>>
>>> mkdir($_SESSION['UserRoot'] . $ss_username, 0755);
>>>
>>> where the session variable has the directory path ending in "/".
>>>
>>> Any ideas?
>>>
>>> Shelly
>>
>> Hi Shelly,
>>
>> You question is not complete.
>>
>> 1) Who is the owner of /var/www/html/users/ ??
>
> I created the users directory when I logged in as webmaster via the
> ShieldHost.com admin interface for my website. So, webmaster owns the
> directory as well as all the *.php code in the directory /var/www/html.
> When a user uses the URL, it is that code that is run. I assumed that
> since the code is owned by webmaster, that the permissions on the server
> are also that for webmaster and so should be able to create the
> directories under users.
>
>> 2) What are the permissions set on /var/www/html/users/ ??
>
> I don't know and can't seem to determine them from the interface provided
> by ShieldHost. When I log into the administration interface there is a
> "File Manager" option. If I drill down to the users directory, I don't
> have any option to see the permissions.
>
>> 3) Who is running PHP? Which user? Apache? WWW-DATA? NOBODY?
>
> Apache on the server.
>
>> And does that user has rights to to add a new dir in /var/www/html/users/
>> ??
>
> I guess not since it says I don't have permission. How can I find out?
> How can I give Apache that right, since it is Apache that is actually
> running the code? In the ShieldHost admin interface (at ShieldHost.com),
> when I click on services/Apache and then "Protect Directories", it shows
> that the /var/www/html/users directory is unprotected. I don't see where
> to give Apache any rights.
>
> BTW, I just tried a little experiment. I tried to create a directory in
> the /var/www/html of just the username supplied by the user. IOW, I
> didn't put things in a subdirectory "users". It also failed due to
> permissions, so the problem is not with the "users" directory, but with
> the parent directory. Should I try some directory somewhere else?
>
>> Maybe if you try to answer these questions, you may find out what goes
>> wrong. :-)
>
> Not yet :-(
>
>>
>> Good luck.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Shelly
>
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