chmod

stew

i know this has been asked a few times before... and i have searched the manual and the site...

anyway... im using chmod("/uploads/",0777); to chmod the 'uploads' folder - which is in the same directory as the script this is running from - but it always gives "No such file or directory on line blah blah"

is the code correct? there isn't much to it!

can chmod be used on directory's as well as files... i haven't seen any examples !

thanks for your help

stew

xDeadxBeatx

I would recommend using a .htaccess file to protect files in that manner. Chmod i use specifically for single files

AstroTeg

I'm not sure PHP's chmod() will recursively reset all the files in a directory. When you issue the command you gave, I believe its just going to change the attributes of the directory, but not the files IN the directory.

It may be failing because your directory path is incorrect. Make sure off of the server's root directory/folder there is a directory/folder named "uploads". I'd predict your web host has something like /usr/home/[your account name]/public_html/[web site goes here]

and you've put "uploads" under [your account name]. But "/uploads/" references a directory found at root or on the same level as "usr".

AstroTeg

I don't think .htaccess has anything to do with this here. For file protection, yes. But here he's chmodding to 777 which is actually making the file more accessible, but this is needed if a file was uploaded and now he wishes to manipulate it.

stew

yeah its part of an image upload script for a gallery...

the directory is currently set at 644 (i think!!) where no-one can upload anything except for the owner (not really important). But the bottom line is i dont want anyone to be able to look/access in the directory from a browser, but i still want to be able to upload images via a script...

i thought using chmod () would be the easiest way, but if there is another im all ears...

🙂

stew

AstroTeg

Originally posted by stew
But the bottom line is i dont want anyone to be able to look/access in the directory from a browser, but i still want to be able to upload images via a script...

stew

Ah... I missed this part. Then yes, .htaccess will be needed. My bad.

The other trick is to put the images in a web inaccessible spot and then you don't have to worry about .htaccess. Although you'd have to create a script to retrieve the images, but when done right, works very well and is rather secure (at least up till the point of displaying the image).

stew

so is it therefore not possible to chmod directories (not the files themselves) in php 😕

xDeadxBeatx

Of course its possible i do it on my ftp client. Try chmod("/uploads/",777); or chmod("uploads/",777);

AstroTeg

Originally posted by stew
so is it therefore not possible to chmod directories (not the files themselves) in php 😕

You can chmod files directly in PHP. But chmod a directory via the chmod() function and it doesn't recursively do to all of the directory's files. From a *nix prompt, you could do:

chmod 777 -R [DirName]

Its been a while, but the -R tells chmod to go into the directory and apply 777 to everything it finds (including subdirectories and their files). If you need this functionality, then maybe check out the system()/exec() functions and issue the chmod command from the OS.

Ukoku

For Everyone's Info..

I use the simple Windows FTP prog to do all my chmods. It's just FTP.exe in the Windows folder, or you can choose Run Program in the start menu, and type FTP.

Use cd to navicate through directories. To chmod, just type:

"literal site chmod 755 whatever.cgi"

AstroTeg

Originally posted by Ukoku
For Everyone's Info..

I use the simple Windows FTP prog to do all my chmods. It's just FTP.exe in the Windows folder, or you can choose Run Program in the start menu, and type FTP.

Yup, you can do this. But if you're working with file uploads from a form, you'll probably want your PHP script to do something productive with the uploaded file and manually FTPing in and chmodding it will get tedious.

Ukoku

True. Depends on how many files you're using, I suppose.

That's a great bit of code, though. It'd be great for people who have indiviudal site "hostees". You could mess with it a bit, and have it re-set the directory to be un-editable afterwords, so it's harder to hack... hm.