PHP as module problem

[Anon]

Hi all,

I'm trying to create directories and upload images from a form on a browser. The problem is, the directories are created and files uploaded with permissions of the server's admin...not my permissions. So I'm not able to delete these directories or files via the web.

The reason I'm told is because my older server had PHP installed as cgi, on the newer server PHP is installed as a module.

Is there a way to insure those directories & files I create via a web form have my "ownership" on them so that I can delete them via the web as needed?

Thanks,
Gary

[Anon]

If PHP is running as an apache module (assuming you are using apache), the files it loads and directories it creates will be owned by the user that the webserver runs as. The only way to make them owned by you is to run the webserver as you (bad idea) or to log in with a shell as root and chown the files/dirs manually.

You could also run the webserver as root and then have it chown the files, but this is a very very very bad idea.