file permissions...

[flatpooks]

hi all

i have a script that writes an html file to a folder on the server in the web accessible tree ... the files are simple html and are for our mailing list manager to send out as html email

for some reason the files all get created as nobody nobody when i ls -l the folder as opposed to the normal [username] [username] of all the other files

the mail list manager keeps getting a permission denied error when it tries to access the files ... if i tell it to mail our index.php page from the main web home then it works fine

im slightly puzzled as to how to fix it ... any clues?

apache / rh9 / mysql / php

thnx

[LordShryku]

The script is being run under the Apache user/group, so that is who creates the file. Add a [man]chown[/man] and [man]chgrp[/man] to the script to change the owner and group. You could also [man]chmod[/man] the file to make it readable for people outside of the group.

[flatpooks]

thats what i was trhinking but how can i chmod / chown / chgrp if im executing in the nobody / nobody group? my script doesnt run as root and i had to ssh in as root to change the permissions etc

[LordShryku]

You do it from php, in your script. After the file is made, in the same script, perform the chown/chgrp. Since you'll still be in the script, you'll be running as the nobody user.

[flatpooks]

ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
:o
im not so good at unix admin stuff
thnx
🙂