Permissions Error

**GlacierBill** · 03-23-2006

I have a PHP script on my FC2 server running Apache that is having a problem writing, if I set the directory it is to write to to 777 it does fine, if i set it to 755 (as the script writer says) it will not. This script works other than that problem

This is the script:
<html>
<body>
<?php
srand(time());
$data1 = "This is a new file entry!\n";
$data2 = "This is a new file entry!\n";
$data3 = "This is a new file entry!\n";
$data4 = "This is a new file entry!\n";
$data5 = "This is a new file entry!\n";
$fileext = ".txt";
$filedir = "test";
$random1 = (rand()%99);
$random2 = (rand()%99);

if (!$file_handle = fopen($filedir."/".$random1.$random2.Date(YmdGysT).$fileext,"w" )) { echo "Cannot open file"; }
if (!fwrite($file_handle, $data1)) { echo "Cannot write to file"; }
if (!fwrite($file_handle, $data2)) { echo "Cannot write to file"; }
if (!fwrite($file_handle, $data3)) { echo "Cannot write to file"; }
if (!fwrite($file_handle, $data4)) { echo "Cannot write to file"; }
if (!fwrite($file_handle, $data5)) { echo "Cannot write to file"; }
echo "You have successfully written the file";
fclose($file_handle);
?>
</body>
</html>

Any ideas??
Bill

**CodeRoot** · 03-23-2006

Your description suggests that the owner of the 'test' directory is not the same as the user running the script... (not enough information to determine anything certain about the group)

**GlacierBill** · 03-23-2006

The owner of the test directory is weloy and it is apache that writes the script, I tried changing the permissions to 775 but am not sure what should belong to what group

Bill

**CodeRoot** · 03-23-2006

The real question is, "who all" do you want to be able to write to that directory?

**GlacierBill** · 03-23-2006

To this directory apache and weloy

**GlacierBill** · 03-23-2006

Thanks, that helped, I just changed the group to apache and the permissions to 775 and that worked, is there a better way to let apache write to the directory?

**CodeRoot** · 03-23-2006

You figured it out before I could get it in the thread:

~ Set owner of 'test' to 'weloy'.
~ Set group of 'test' to 'apache'.
~ Set permissions of 'test' to '775'.

Yes, that's it!

**GlacierBill** · 03-23-2006

Thanks again, may I ask another question, how are you at PHP, I have a test script that will send mail with out a problem but I can not figure out how to get it to add a text attachment or the info in the text file?

**CodeRoot** · 03-23-2006

I am not into PHP (yet) - I am very much into programming - more importantly, there are plenty of people on the forums who are [currently

] much more qualified PHP programmers than I am - post your script (if there is no problem in letting the whole world see it), and I'm sure someone here can probably help you - if not, I would be happy to see if I can help you...

**GlacierBill** · 03-23-2006

Will do, and thanks again

Bill

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