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[Anon]

okay could someone explain to me this....

im trying to copy a file to another directory on my hosts server, it has php 4,0 (which prolly is irrelevant) but i get permission denied, when trying to copy a uploaded file from its temporary location into the folder images/ which is a subfodler to the folder where the script is. now why is this, do i need to change the mode of the folder in some way? and if i do do i need to open it so much that its a security threat, since i need to be able to upload elsewhere to. if someone please could explain to me how the whole chmod system works, specially with php. im using copy(); to copy the file, someone told me to use move_uploaded_file(); but its php 4,0 so that isnt supported, later on il get the php updated. but even if i do this i wont be able to fwrite into the dir will i?

but isnt chmod for linux/unix enviroments only? how does this work when its on windows? since thats where the scripts gona end up when its finnished.....

my question in short is "how are my able to copy files between folders without getting a permission denied error" and how do i get this to work with IIS to?

I would be extremly happy if someone would help me with this!

[cordex]

I had to deal with this one too. I ended up setting up a directory with relaxed permissions (anon. file write permission - no delete). To do this, you have to have access to the host machine - something it sounds like you don't have. You might request your host do this for you.

There is another way around this. IIS gives a program in a directory that requires a login to reach the permissions of the user level needed to reach it ... does that make sense?

So, if /dev/secure/ requires the administrative password to get to (and the administrator has write ability), a program in that directory has write permissions.

I hope that helps some,
Ben

[Anon]

So wouldnt giving the user that runns iis, iis_user as i understand it, full rights to all folders and files make it work, though this is a security threat... and the job is part of a pretty big companys server.... but shouldnt this be possible? sincei need the person to be able to copy and write files into allmost any directory... well the directory with the html and all its subdirectorys....

[Anon]

oh yeah and thanks for your answer 🙂

[Anon]

If you can afford to have a user with full permissions, make a directory that that person can access through server authentication and does not allow anonymous access. Place the PGP in there and you should be set.

-Ben