Posted by Jerry Stuckle on 11/19/28 11:45

frizzle wrote:
> Jerry Stuckle wrote:
>
>>frizzle wrote:
>>
>>>Jerry Stuckle wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>frizzle wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>Jerry Stuckle wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>frizzle wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>I asked my webhost, but they told me uploading
>>>>>>>a folder and having it running uploads etc. is not
>>>>>>>possible on Linux by default. Folders should be
>>>>>>>chmod 777 or chmod 755.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Frizzle.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Yes and no. It depends on how they have their folders configured.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>However, obviously they have it configured so you can't do it. But you should
>>>>>>still be able to create the folder in PHP from a web page (so it's running as
>>>>>>the Apache user) and upload to it. The folder should then have the Apache user
>>>>>>as the owner.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>--
>>>>>>==================
>>>>>>Remove the "x" from my email address
>>>>>>Jerry Stuckle
>>>>>>JDS Computer Training Corp.
>>>>>>jstucklex@attglobal.net
>>>>>>==================
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>AFAIK the script below should be able to create dirs then
>>>>>but i get the following error:
>>>>>
>>>>>Warning: mkdir(testdir): Permission denied in
>>>>>/usr/local/psa/home/vhosts/host.com/httpdocs/test/mkdir.php on line 5
>>>>>
>>>>>Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by
>>>>>(output started at
>>>>>/usr/local/psa/home/vhosts/host.com/httpdocs/test/mkdir.php:5) in
>>>>>/usr/local/psa/home/vhosts/host.com/httpdocs/test/mkdir.php on line 6
>>>>>
>>>>>Frizzle.
>>>>>
>>>>>+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>>>>
>>>>><?php
>>>>>
>>>>> if(isset( $_POST['dir'] ))
>>>>> {
>>>>> mkdir( $_POST['dir'], 0755 );
>>>>> header('Location: '.$PHP_SELF);
>>>>> };
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>?><form action="<?php echo $PHP_SELF; ?>" method="post"
>>>>>name="mkdirtest" target="_top" id="mkdirtest">
>>>>> <label for="dir">dir</label>
>>>>> <input type="text" name="dir" id="dir"<?php echo isset( $_POST['dir']
>>>>>) ? ' value="'.$_POST['dir'].'"' : '' ?>>
>>>>> <label for="Submit"></label>
>>>>> <input type="submit" name="Submit" value="mkdir!" id="Submit">
>>>>></form><?php
>>>>>
>>>>>$handle = opendir('.');
>>>>>
>>>>>while (false !== ($file = readdir($handle))) {
>>>>> if ($file != "." && $file != ".." ) {
>>>>> echo $file.'<br>';
>>>>> };
>>>>>};
>>>>>
>>>>>closedir( $handle );
>>>>>
>>>>>?>
>>>>>
>>>>What happens if you leave off the 0755? That may be restricted in your
>>>>location. Just try it with the default.
>>>>
>>>>If it still doesn't work, looks like it's time to find another host. This one
>>>>has too many restrictions.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>--
>>>>==================
>>>>Remove the "x" from my email address
>>>>Jerry Stuckle
>>>>JDS Computer Training Corp.
>>>>jstucklex@attglobal.net
>>>>==================
>>>
>>>
>>>Hmm, that's really crap. 755 does nothing more, and changing hosts
>>>isn't really an option. ... :(
>>>
>>>Frizzle.
>>>
>>
>>But unfortunately, it looks like your host has too many things locked down for
>>you to be able to upload files through the website.
>>
>>I can partially understand their reasoning in a shared environment. But at the
>>same time, other hosting companies can do it. So why can't they?
>>
>>
>>--
>>==================
>>Remove the "x" from my email address
>>Jerry Stuckle
>>JDS Computer Training Corp.
>>jstucklex@attglobal.net
>>==================
>
>
> I guess you're right, but i really really don't want to change hosts. I
> have multiple
> sites hosted there, knowing their service etc. is great. (And still is)
> This is the
> first kind of problem i've come across.
>
> I mailed them with my problem, and saying i don't want to swich, and if
> they can
> come up with another solution. If not, then i'll see ...
>
> I looked into another old site on one of their servers wich was meant
> as an online
> diary with a photo gallery. I created an upload-module for photos.
> These were
> automatically resized by PHP. Looking through Plesk's file manager, i
> can see the
> folder the pics end up in is chmodded rwx r-x r-x (755), pics are rw-
> r-- r-- (644)
>
> Pics and folder have the same owner, and belong to the same group. Pics
> are as
> i said PHP created, the folder was done in dreamweaver, but probably
> chmodded
> manually. I wonder if this is possible for other files then images,
> because they
> don't have to be resampled, so aren't actually created by PHP.
>
> I hope you get what i'm saying.
>
> Frizzle.
>

Yes, I see what you're saying. However, I don't think it should make a
difference like you think. Whether it's an image that's been sampled or a file
that's been uploaded, the Apache userid is doing the work.

The difference I can see is that the move_uploaded_files probably calls a system
function to actually move the files (don't know - I haven't looked). Obviously
the pix site doesn't do this when it resizes the pix; don't know what it does
before that, though.

the other possibility is they have the other server configured differently -
either PHP or the OS (or both). phpinfo() could tell you if there are PHP
differences.

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jstucklex@attglobal.net
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