chmod offline

Anon

hi,

how can i chmod scripts when i am offline? i have insatlled apache, php4, mysql and i don't know how to chmod.

thanks for helping me

jcleary

You can chmod a file directly using telnet, or indirectly using ftp. The only other way to modify a file while you are offline is through the php function chmod, or through a perl script.

What do you mean by "change while off-line"?

Anon

hi,

thanks for your fast reply. with changing offline i mean to chmod a file in
offline modus. so i dont have to go online. how can i change the permission
by telnet or indirectly by ftp? how to chmod with the php-function?

hope ou will help me once again :-)

have a nice day,

markus

plutarck

http://www.zend.com/manual/function.chmod.php

That might be of partial help...though I'm not exactly sure I understand how you write a chmod state in octal representation ;\

jcleary

IF you are trying to change the mode of a file on a computer you are not connected to, then the only way is to create a cron job (see manual pages on conttab - "man crontab" at a unix prompt). I'm not really sure why you would want to do this? Are you letting users create html documents on your server through a script. In general you need to be connected to the computer you want to chmod on. If that computer is a web server on the internet, then you need to be on-line.

As for ftp, if you use any good ftp program (not the ftp that is shipped with windows) you can change the file permissions on a remote server - but you will need to be on-line. I'm sure cute ftp would do this (check www.download.com).

klaus

Hi,

Not sure what you're trying to do, but...
However you can chmod directly with the php just use chmod() function. Be sure to put the 0 infront of the 755 for example.
Like you need to do for 755 write 0755 Okay.

Examples:
chmod ("/somedir/somefile", 755); // decimal; probably incorrect

chmod ("/somedir/somefile", "u+rwx,go+rx"); // string; incorrect

chmod ("/somedir/somefile", 0755); // octal; correct value of mode

-Gord