Upload permission problem

[sujag]

Hello Forum,

I have a form with a few fields for attachments. I automated the process where once the form is submitted, the file(s) are upload to a directory and then emailed as attachment(s) to someone.

Problem: Once the files are uploaded they get the following assigned to them.
owner = www
group = wheel
permission = 700

So when I try to attach the files for the email I get a file access error.

What do I need to add/change to get the permissions of the uploaded file to be accessible? Apache is running as www. I have no ideal of how the group is assigned to wheel. The upload script owner is username and group is admin. The server is setup on a Mac.

Any help in this matter is greatly appreicated? Thanks in advance.

[rane500]

Run the chmod command as soon as the file is uploaded.

chmod("/somedir/somefile", 0644);

That will make the file read/write/execute by owner and read only for everyone else.

If the server is yours, you can adjust the default file creation permissions for the www "user."

[sujag]

Thanks,

Where can I locate the default file creation permissions for www user on a mac?

[rane500]

You should be able to set it in httpd.conf. Create a <Location> directive for the directory in question and put "umask 644" inside. Restart Apache and you should be good to go.

[sujag]

I placed the following in the httpd.conf and receive this error.

<Location /upload>
umask 0644
</Location>

Error: apache would start because of umask problem.

Any ideal of what I did wrong?

[rane500]

644, not 0644.

0644 in the PHP chmod function is an octal value.