|  | Posted by Joel Fireman on 12/05/07 05:07 
On Tue, 04 Dec 2007 21:05:25 -0500, Jerry Stuckle<jstucklex@attglobal.net> wrote:
 
 >Joel Fireman wrote:
 >> On Tue, 04 Dec 2007 23:22:24 +0100, Michael Fesser <netizen@gmx.de>
 >> wrote:
 >>
 >>> .oO(Joel Fireman)
 >>>
 >>>> 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.
 >>> The third party also needs write access to the directory where the files
 >>> are stored.
 >>>
 >>> Micha
 >>
 >> Shazam!! Somewhere in the midst of flailing on this I had root owning
 >> the 3rd party's dir... hmmmpff...
 >>
 >> Well, at least he can delete the files after he reads them, now... and
 >> that's all we really care about in this case.
 >>
 >> But, if apache owns the file, how come he can't chown() it?
 >>
 >>
 >
 >If your system is set up properly, inly the owner or root can chown() a
 >file.
 
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