chmod files

moon0129

I am creating a directory and a new file inside of it. I am using mkdir to set permissions on the directory and chmod to change the permissions of the file but they aren't working? Any suggestions? The permissions are being set to -rw-r--r--

mkdir("data/boards/$callName", 0777);

			$fp = fopen("data/boards/$callName/$callName.txt", "w") or die("Couldn't create new file $callName/$callName.txt");
			fclose($fp);
			chmod("/data/boards/$callName/$callName.txt", 0777);

Shawazi

0777 is not a CHMOD number... you mean 777? That allows any function to be used by anyone on the site such as uploading and editing files. I know I use 777 on a directory where I'm letting users upload files to. In any case best way to chmod is not in a script but once while you're on the server through WS_FTP or something like it. I know if you are using certain control panels to edit the CHMOD (Cpanel is what I use) it does not let you go to 777 so I have to use WS_FTP because it won't let me go past 755.

moon0129

I know how to do it using command lines, but in this case I need to dynamically create the folder and file and they need to be named according to the $callName variable.

I am using 0777 because that is what was suggested here:

http://us4.php.net/manual/en/function.mkdir.php

and

http://us4.php.net/manual/en/function.chmod.php

... hence why I am baffled

Thanks for your reply!!!

Shawazi

Did you read the posts below that page? I just glanced and saw this.

// issue SITE command...
ftp_site($connection, "CHMOD 777 $path/$newDir")
   or die("FTP SITE CMD failed.");

swr

The reason for 0777 instead of 777 is because the leading zero causes it to be interpreted as octal instead of decimal, which is what you want. Continue using 0777.

You have two different problems here. First, when you use mkdir, the permissions are modified by umask. You probably want to mkdir the directory, then chmod it to what you really want. The other way to do it is to set umask to permissive, mkdir, then restore umask.

Second, the chmod on the file is failing because the filename is wrong. You have a leading slash on the chmod, but not on the mkdir. That makes a difference.

moon0129

Thanks swr, that worked. Here is my final code:

mkdir("data/boards/$callName");

$fp = fopen("data/boards/$callName/$callName.txt", "w") or die("Couldn't create new file $callName/$callName.txt");
fclose($fp);
chmod("data/boards/$callName/$callName.txt", 0777);
chmod("data/boards/$callName", 0777);