"permission denied" error using rename()

[pablogosse]

Hi, I'm getting a permission denied error when I try to use the rename() function on a file. What do I need to set my permissions to in order to rename a file?

Thanks in advance.

Pablo

[deric]

It is a permissions issue. For the Linux platform, you can "chmod" the file to 777 it should work...

[deric@noname deric]$ chmod 777 filename.txt

or you might want to set the ownership so that it gives the web server privileges to the file. You can check in phpinfo(); in the "User/Group" parameter. Although you'll have to be root on the box to perform the "chown" command. this will make it harder for people on a public box to see your files (although it's still very possible).

[root@noname deric]# chown user.apache filename.txt

Hope this solves your problem...