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Posted by The Natural Philosopher on 12/04/07 23:47
Joel Fireman wrote:
> On a Linux server, a web page lets users enter items to an order
> sheet. When they finish, (besides the mysql db updates) the order data
> is emailed to the user as confirmation, a copy is emailed to the
> fulfillment people, and two files are written for pickup by a third
> party, in the third party's directory.
>
> Because the files are owned by apache, the third party cannot delete
> them, even when they are chmod'ed to 777. I tried to chown() the files
> to the third party's user, but no go.
>
That is correct behavior - only root or the owner can change file
ownerships IIRC.
And it looks like changing owners doesn't entirely work when when its
your file you are giving away..ho hum.. I remember this from somewhere..
I'll try and find out the answer..got me irritated.
Ah. You cant delete files if you don't have write access to the
*directory* the file is in..?
You need to add your user to the group the directory belongs to and set
775 permissions on the DIRECTORY as well, I think.
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