Posted by nigel.t on 12/16/62 11:57

In article <NJGdnWxbnZ2diGLZnZ2dnUVZ_q-dnZ2d@comcast.com>,
jstucklex@attglobal.net says...
>
> Nigel,
>
> Does the cron job user have write access to the directory where you're
> writing myfile.tar? And does it have read access to /home?
>
>

Hi Jerry

Sadly I'm not a Linux expert - I know what persmissions are but I dont
know what a "cron job" is.
I'm guessing you mean the apache server?

/home is the directory the php file is in as well as the test file to be
archived and is set to 777 for directory and all files - I panicked when
I first couldnt make it work! I assume that means it has full read/write.

I have so far assumed all permissions are granted as the machine is my
test machine not networked to anything and I have everything I can find
set to 777 to avoid this ... I seem to remember running chmod 777 from
the root and recursing... I then manually change back my final test
files/dirs to 755 and so on... ie the reverse procedure used on a public
system.

I also log on as root. (I have tried another user account and that
performs the same).

I can see where you are going and you may well be right - I just dont
know what to look for ... how can I identify the less obvious things I
need to check for permissions? (I can do file & directories its perhaps
that cron job etc.)

-nigel-

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