nobody:nobody

[jamesm87]

Hi

Here is my script

function copyDirectory($from, $to) {
        $GLOBALS['recursiveCopyFrom'] = $from;
        $GLOBALS['recursiveCopyTo'] = $to;
        _recursiveCopy('');
}       

/**             

* This shouldn't be called directly, it is used by the copyDirectory function.
* Parameters are only relative paths.
*/              

function _recursiveCopy($relPath) {
        $from = $GLOBALS['recursiveCopyFrom'] . '/' . $relPath;
        $to = $GLOBALS['recursiveCopyTo'] . '/' . $relPath;
        $mode = 0755;
        mkdir($to, $mode); 
        $dir = opendir($from);
        while (($item = readdir($dir)) !== false) {
                $path = $from . '/' . $item;
                if (is_dir($path)) {
                        if ($item[0] == '.') continue; // don't copy '.' or '..'
                        _recursiveCopy($relPath . '/' . $item);
                } else {
                        copy($from, $to . '/' . $item);
                }
        }
        closedir($dir);
}


copyDirectory($from,$to);

The problem I have it that the permissions are set to nobody:nobody. I do not own the system, is it possible to change nobody:nobody to jamesm:jamesm in that script?

Thanks in advance 😃

[LordShryku]

Use chown and chgrp

[jamesm87]

Hi thanks for your reply,

I have had a look on php.net website and they did not have much information on how to use this code. Is it possible for someone to explain to me how to set the permissions to jamesm:jamesm, as I have no access to the root.

Thankyou for your time.

[Shrike]

The files get chown'd to the user which PHP runs under, e.g. nobody. If chown($file, $user) doesn't work it's probably because the PHP process doesn't have sufficient privilege to do what you want (this is more than likely the case on shared boxes)

If you allow sudo execution for chmod by "nobody" (www, webdaemon, httpd, whatever user php is running under)in this manner, it had better be a system on which the owner is able to be root and no one else can run code, else your whole system is compromised. Someone could change the mode of /etc/passwd or the shadow password file.

[jamesm87]

I dont know if it does or doesn't work because I dont know how to use it 😃

Can someone tell me how to use those commands

Cheers again 😉

[Shrike]

Amending your code:

copy($from, $to . '/' . $item); 
chown($to . '/' . $item, "user");
chgrp($to . '/' . $item, "group");

[jamesm87]

Warning: chgrp(): Operation not permitted in /home/jamesm/public_html/auto.php on line 52

Warning: chown(): Operation not permitted in /home/jamesm/public_html/auto.php on line 51

Yup, Im contacting the Webhosting company 😃

Cheers.

James

[jamesm87]

Is it possible to set the permission when it is created other than after its created?

Thanks

[jamesm87]

Anyone?

Thanks 😃

[Shrike]

I don't think so no. This a *nix issue not really anything to do with PHP.

[jamesm87]

Thats ashame, thanks anyway! 😃