copy() needs folder perm on 777 .. :(

[Anon]

hi,
i am uploading files to the server using copy(). but it requres to have the permissions to be on 777 on the folder that is going to have the files copied to. isnt that bit aukward?? anyone else can 'write' to that folder too ....

[Anon]

Hey,

If you can find out what uid the php engine runs as then you could set the permissions to only allow that user permission to write to that folder. Perhaps it runs as same uid as apache (nobody:nobody)...

Chez

[Anon]

<?
if(mkdir("/some/dir/here", 0777)) {
copy($filename, "/some/dir/here/$filename");
exit;
} else {
print("Could not initialize directory and copy file!\n");
}
?>

Came up with it sorta on the spot, who knows if it works, wouldn't hurt to try...

::Andrew Heebner::
Lead Webmaster, Evilwalrus.com
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[Anon]

okay, i will check both suggestions, lets see if it works.

but this one as you (Andrew) suggested, does it set the permission to the folder and then reset it back?