writing to file..

Anon

Ok here's what I have done (seems simple enough to do):

(there is more but this is all that is needed to understand)

<b>Please fill in this form to report the current server password</b>
<br><br>
<form method=\"post\" action=\"dopw.php\">
Password: <input type=\"text\" name=\"currentpass\" size=\"10\">
<br>
<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\">
</form>

And here is dopw.php:

$newfile = @fopen("http://cgi-bin.spaceports.com/~drummerl/currentpass.txt", "w+") or die("Couldn't open file.");

@fwrite("http://cgi-bin.spaceports.com/~drummerl/currentpass.txt", $currentpass) or die("Couldn't write to file.");

$msg = "<P>Password has been changed..</p>";

fclose("http://cgi-bin.spaceports.com/~drummerl/currentpass.txt");

<HEAD>
<TITLE>Server Password</TITLE>
</HEAD>
<BODY>

<? echo "$msg it is now <b>$currentpass</b>"; ?>

</BODY>

This script just takes input from a user and saves it to a blank file (currentpass.txt) and then I do the include command to display the results for every user to see. My problem is that It refuses to write to the file. I have even tried chmod'ing the txt file to give everyone permission to write to it. Any suggestions?

Anon

you need to write to the file using the filesystem not http. use the local path as the webserver will not allow you to write to its files, merely read them.

try something like
<?

if ($fp = fopen("/etc/var/www/server.txt", "w"))
{
fputs($fp, $server_pass);
}
else
{
echo "aaargh - didnt work";
}