Unlink Error, Urgent, Please Help

[Anon]

I searched for a solution to this issue but can not find one.

Im having an issue when trying to unlink some files that I uploaded through my script, the files are stored in a directory called private which is in the directory my script is located in.. Inside private/ i have a folder created by my script named the date.. which I also do not appear to be able to remove.

The Error I receive is

Warning: SAFE MODE Restriction in effect. The script whose uid is 1153 is not allowed to access private/1002/2002-05-03/image-1.gif owned by uid 33 in picupload/index.php on line 104

Is there a way around this? I uploaded that file and created the directories with my script?

Any help would be greatly appreciated

Thank you

[rrijnders]

<b>safe_mode</b> is your problem. It is probably imposed by your ISP and you probably don't have control over it.

In safe mode, PHP checks to see if the owner of the script is the same as the owner of the files or directories you trying to delete.

Say it out loud, together:
"PHP checks to see if the <i>owner of the script</i> is the same as the <i>owner of the files or directories</i> you are trying to delete."

When your script uploads the files, the owner becomes the UID of the web server, probably "NOBODY". The owner of the script, however; is probably your user account. Check this by doing a <b>ps -ax</b> in the script directory.

Change the script owner to the same UID as the owner of the uploaded files and you should be fine.

For more info on <b>safe_mode</b> operation and configuration; RTFM ;-) at:

http://www.php.net/manual/en/features.safe-mode.php

-- Rich Rijnders
-- Irvine, CA US