access denied!

[blupherl]

Okay, I know that I have to chmod before saving or copying etc but why? The permission is already set for the owner(me) to be able to read, write and execute. How can I tell my server (via my script) that I am the owner? Is this even possible? I mean, if an FTP client can do it, then why cant my PHP script?

Christopher

[Anon]

When you're logged in via FTP, you are logged in under your own user ID.

The Web server does not run under your user ID. Typically the Web server runs as a special user (often "nobody" or "httpd") with read access, not write access, to the htdocs filespace.