Permission problem

[myov1]

I've hit a bit of a problem with a set of php scripts I'm working on. At one point, I need the script to do some file manipulation - mkdir, write to a file, and rm. The problem is that the directory is owned by a different user than the web server user, so I run into a permission denied problem.

I don't want to give the web server direct permission to the files (we're on a shared server), so changing the owner/group isn't a possibility. Can I run the php script SUID as the proper user?

[brandonschnell]

only with suexec and using php as a cgi rather than module

[myov1]

I don't have any control over how PHP is run, as it's managed by our ISP.

What else can I do?

[greg252]

I hit the same problem not too long ago. The only way I found to resolve on a shared server is to have the script create all files and directories.
At least then they can be manipulated by the script.

Best of luck.

[myov1]

I've solved it by using a SUID perl script.