Copy Problem

Anon

Whenever I try to copy a file, I get this error:

Warning: Unable to open '(file prints out here' for reading: No such file or directory in /home/sites/home/web/tab_admin2.php on line 100
Error copying file

if (copy($tab, "/dtabs/" . $band)){

I am using this sytnax.....

I also get permission denied for mkdir, and other filesystem functions

Anon

Not much I can offer here other than the usual...

1) Is there a file where you THINK there should be? (echo the filename var and then do a FS check)

2) Does the user that the web-server is running as have permission to view/edit/change the file(s) in question? Often YOU'LL have the permission, but user "nobody" or user "web" (typical "users" that the web-server runs as) does not.

THIS APPLIES TO PARENT DIRECTORIES AS WELL!... if permission is granted to /home/you/some_dir/docs for "web", but /home/you is NOT open to "web", then user "web" still can't see the files you've granted permission to.

Most likely it's one or both of these.

-Ben

Anon

You may be getting permission denied because the directory is not CMODED (UNIX) and that copy error because the file does not exist.

Anon

First of all, the web server process needs write access to the directories in question to move, create, or delete files. Next, you need to know that whenever you manipulate files in the files system you need to use the ENTIRE path. That means if your directory is in /home/sites/home/web, you need to specifiy copy("/home/sites/home/web/files/myfile", "/home/sites/home/web/files-copy/myfile"), so I think the problem is you need /home/sites/home/web/dtabs/".$band in your command. Hope that helps.

Chris King

Anon

Thanks for your quick responses guys. Right now phpinfo() shows that I am running under admin, which I assume has the same privelages as root. Is there any way that I can check this?

Anon

I was fooling around with the query a little more, and started to get this error message

Warning: Unable to create 'upload2.txt': Permission denied in /home/sites/home/web/tab_admin2.php on line 100

Looks like a permission problem... does anybody know how to fix this?

Anon

It also seems that I can't have a client upload files to the server... seems to be a general problem

http://216.234.186.33/test.php

[My phpinfo() File]

Anon

Perhaps if you chmod your directories and files to 777? (0777 octal mode)