copy and unlink fails on UID

[Anon]

The server is in SAFE_MODE.

I use a script that does the following on the server:

-create a new sub directory
-copy a file into the directory
-unlink the source file

Following I would also like to be able to delete the file and directory from the server again.

-unlink the file
-rmdir

However I get this error:

The script whose uid is 35189 is not allowed to access XXX.JPG owned by uid 600

I've tried a multitude of different approaches (ftp, socket, chmod, chown) , but none seem to work and most fail under SAFE_MODE.

Any great ideas?

[amcgrath]

I think you're outta luck. rmdir is one of those functions effected by SAFE_MODE. Any chance of turning it off?

[Anon]

I'm affraid there is no chance of switching SAFE_MODE off since it is a free server.

BTW rmdir is not the problem. I can easlily create and delete an empty directory (even chmod it), however once the jpg is copied from the root to the directory things start to go bad.

I've isolated the problem to the ownership of the file.