upload and permissions... yet again.

tapootz

Hi.

I've been looking around for a whole day for a solution to my problem, but I've lost hope... so here's my last resort! 😉

I make directories through php, with mkdir() (with permission set to 0777). Then, I proceed to upload files into those directories, still through php, with move_uploaded_file(). Up to now, everything's fine.

The problem? The created directories and uploaded file have 'apache' as owner.

I can't delete the uploaded files through php; I can't change their permission; I can't upload the files through ftp_connect() (& etc.) since my host doesn't seem to even recognize that function; I can't chown the directories and/or the files (obviously... but before someone suggest it). Hrm. The only thing I can do (the files are pictures) is show the pictures. But that's not enough!

Is there really a solution to this problem? With all the reading I've doing, I don't think so.... but then again, I'm sure there should be!

cheers,
tapootz.
PS. Yes, SAFEMODE is enabled on the server... and no, there's nothign I can do about that.

neil109

i had the same problem. when making the dir's using mkdir make sure you use it as so then chmodd after

mkdir("the_dir", 0755);
chmod ("the_dir", 0777);

then it should work

tapootz

with mkdir() (with permission set to 0777)

As I mentionned, the directories created already have all the possible permission set. I actually do as follows, but it amounts to the same result.

$mask = umask(0);
mkdir($dirName, 0777);
umask($mask);

next...? 😐
tapootz.

neil109

$mask = umask(0);
mkdir($dirName, 0777);

------- you cant set 777 there, it mucks thing up and you didnt bracket it so it messes with the chmod

umask($mask);

meant to be :

$mask = umask(0);
mkdir("$dirName", 0755);
chmod("$dirName", 0777);
umask($mask);

tapootz

you cant set 777 there, it mucks thing up and you didnt bracket it so it messes with the chmod

I still think it gives the same result, since I can see when, connected to the ftp, that the permission on the created directories is rwxrwxrwx. Nevertheless, I still tried to do it your way and added brackets around the variable... to no avail.

	$mask = umask(0);
	mkdir("$name", 0755);
	chmod("$name", 0777);
	umask($mask);

I created a directory, uploaded a file to it, and then tried to unlink the latter... same result as before: "Warning: SAFE MODE Restriction in effect. The script whose uid is x is not allowed to access newdir/test.jpg owned by uid y (...)"

neil109

the only thing i can sujjest is for you to get your server vendor to set the local safe mode restriction off, it causes no hastle to them, and the server is still secure.

tapootz

So you are saying that with SAFEMODE enabled, there is no way of doing what I want to do? :p

Is this the opinion of other people who might are reading this?

I am getting desesperate here.
tapootz.

tapootz

Got it to work! w00t!

Looks like safe mode is the culprit indeed. Your script is owned by a different user then the files that you want to delete, and that is not allowed.

The trick is to upload a copy of your script, so this copy will also have the owner 'apache', and that copy of the script should be able to delete the other files.

So with my upload script, I uploaded all the .php files to the web (including the 'upload' script, since it had no problem of performing his taks while overwriting itself). And tada! All problems solved.

cheers,
tapootz.