UID-Error from Script->.htm-File

Anon

Hi there,

i just finished a print-Script, which can convert every .htm file on my server into a printable format.
...well, at first all seemed to work just perfect, but then i tried to open a .htm file, which belongs to a different user on the server, with my print-script, BUT then i get an UID-error message, that UID-xxx is not allowed to open file xy which is UID-x1x!

...well, how can i get rid of it?
...i must add, that i am NOT the root on this server, but could give the script to the webmaster to put it as root on the server.
So, how can i make my script open ALL .htm files on my server?
Problem is, that there r a hell lot of users, so it would have to able to access the files of all UIDs! (would it work, if "root" uploads it on the server?)

...hope u can help me out of this mess... 😉

so long,

Duncan McLord

PS: ...maybe there is even a way, to make the script work as "superuser" like in ol' CGI-scripts???

amcgrath

well, it would seem to me that the user executing the script would only be able to print .htm files he has permission to. Having said that, if you gave it x users for their sites, then the file would need to be owned by that user (assuming they own the .htm files. Just an observation...

Anon

ok,
but can i change it somehow? ...so that every file is "printable"?
...and the problem is, that this script is offered by the www-crew (lol), so any1 is allowed to use it for his site on our server.
, because of that, it only exists once on our server!

thx so far,

Duncan McLord

amcgrath

So basically you want to have a script that you own and can access files across X number of other people web servers? Ummm, I doubt it.

Anon

no,
just on our server!

There r a hell lot of users on our server and they all have their own folders/files on it!
So we want to offer them this little script, but if i dont get rid of this UID-error, no1 can use it!

thx,

Duncan McLord

PS: ...lol, anyhow that SUPER-Script would be quite nice, great idea 😉

amcgrath

Again, regardless if the script accesses files across the internet, a local network, or even one machine, the situation is the same....

Anon

DOH!

...sry,
k, but there has to be a way to change that!
...and it wouldnt even work, if i would upload the script as "root"?
Isnt there really nothing like a "superuser"-UID, which is allowed to open other UIDs-files?

so long,

Duncan McLord

PS: ...lol, cause then the last 3 days were for nothing!

amcgrath

Have root own the script, then root must run the script... Again, the solution is easy: let users download their copy of the script and use as they see fit.

Anon

but the webmaster wouldnt like that, he wants to offer this script and any1 can use it by makin a link to it!

...well, thx for ur help,
if i get a way to make it work, i will post it here...

so long,

Duncan McLord