fopen permission denied

svenski

Im trying to read the contents of a txt file placed on my server in a directory beneath the page doing the reading, however when i try to do an fopen('/doc_root/subfolder/file.txt') i get

Warning: fopen('/doc_root/subfolder/file.txt', "r") - Permission denied

The sub folder permissions are set to: drw-rw-rw-
The file permissions are set to: -r--r--r--
File owner is apache

Am i being thick, i would of thought these permissions wouuld have been acceptable??

dalecosp

Originally posted by svenski
The sub folder permissions are set to: drw-rw-rw-
The file permissions are set to: -r--r--r--
File owner is apache

Am i being thick, i would of thought these permissions wouuld have been acceptable??

Sub folder permissions are too restrictive ... without "x" in the list, the shell can't perform an 'ls' to see whether 'file.txt' is there.

Make sure that Apache can execute the sub folder.

svenski

set the subfolder to drwxrwxrwx still no joy. What would be the best number to chmod the file to? TIA

Benbread

chmod it 777 (i think)

dalecosp

Well, 777 should do it ... wide open that is.

It could be that your PHP is in safe_mode or that open_basedir restrictions are in effect. Check for those settings either in php.ini or via some ini_set call (httpd.conf, .htaccess). You might use phpinfo or ini_get to check your settings.

svenski

Acording to phpinfo() both local and master values for open_basedir are not set (no value)

As for safe mode, configure command is set as '--enable-safe-mode' is this the prob? how do i alter it and what risks does it take? I can upload a file so would of thought that was more risky than reading a txt file from a subdirectory???

dalecosp

Well, here's what I'm looking at. There's a little more info there than a post would be useful for. You might wanna take a look.

It does seem a weird problem -- one I've not encountered before. Of course, I'm a noob, myself, in a manner of speaking...