Re: [ciapug] PHP file upload and permissions....

[Jonathan Bailey <jcbailey@xxxxxxxxx>]

Ah. I guess that makes sense. My mind was thinking 'why have execute 
when it isn't needed'. But I guess it is :-D.


Jon


Jerry Weida wrote:

> yes, directories need the +x attribute set.  This allows a user (in
> this case your webserver) to cd into that directory.
>
>
> On Tue, 08 Mar 2005 14:17:41 -0600, Jonathan Bailey <jcbailey@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>  
>
> > Sweet! After a chmod g+s, it works fine. BTW, the upload method is PHPs
> > move_uploaded_file (or whatever it actually is) function. BTW, do
> > directories need X set on them? It seems that if I remove X on
> > directories, Apache complains about not being able to access .htaccess....
> >
> > Jon
> >
> >
> > David Champion wrote:
> >
> >    
> >
> > > What's "groups www-data" return? The "usermod" syntax is goofy, and I
> > > know I've messed it up before.
> > >
> > > Also, a look at "ls -la files" might be helpful for troubleshooting.
> > >
> > > Could be that whatever upload method you're using is trying to chown
> > > the files too (older versions of WinSCP would complain about this). I
> > > usually do a "chmod g+s <folder>" to maintain group ownership on
> > > directories & contents in this kind of situation.
> > >
> > > -dc
> > >
> > > Jonathan Bailey wrote:
> > >
> > >      
> > >
> > > > Here's the issue. My webserver runs under www-data. I have a user (in
> > > > /etc/passwd) of the name 'codeclub'. www-data is a member of the
> > > > group 'codeclub'. I'm attempting to upload a file to that directory.
> > > > Here is how the directory has it's permissions:
> > > >
> > > > drwxrwxr-x    2 codeclub codeclub     1.3K 2005-03-08 11:14 files
> > > >
> > > > Apache should be able to upload to this since www-data is a member of
> > > > codeclub, right? For some reason, it doesn't work. If I chmod o+w
> > > > files, I can upload fine... Here is a uploaded file permisssions
> > > > after doing o+w on the directory:
> > > >
> > > > -rw-r--r--    1 www-data www-data     980K 2005-03-08 11:14
> > > > winscp374.exe
> > > >
> > > > Any ideas on why I have to make it world writable? Shouldn't just
> > > > group writable work?
> > > >
> > > > Jon
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