nobody??

[Anon]

How can I run the script as a user?Meaning not running it as nobody but as the user that accesses the script.For if I run it as nobody then I cannot access any of the directories.

[Anon]

I don't think there is a way for you to run the script as the user requesting the page (at least not with Apache). I don't know how that would help you, anyway; unless you make the directories accessable to "public" (since you don't know in advance who will be accessing the pages/scripts).

Incoming page requests don't log on to your server, so they don't have a "user id" anyway. Even if you secure directories with .htaccess or some such security, the requests still are not really logged on and so still don't have a "user id".

I think it would be better to run your server as one particular user and make sure your directories are accessable only to that user id.

-- Rich Rijnders
-- Irvine, CA US

[Anon]

You'll need a script wrapper. php-cgiwrap is the only one that I've ever come across, and alot of hosts don't even offer such a thing, which really sucks because then you're scripts are wide open for the world to see your passwords and such.

If you're looking for and excellent host that offers a php script wrapper, check out Pair Networks.

http://www.pair.com/
http://support.pair.com/systemcgi/php-cgiwrap.html

I actually left my last host (bluemarble.net -- terrible host but good ISP) over this issue.