> On 8/22/06, mb2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mb2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >We have a shared hosting platform, and have a requirement to allow php > >scripts to create directories+files - Problem is that php is run under > >apache user (www-data), and the users directories are owned by the > >user, so php script is getting permission denied...We could chmod 777 > >on the directory, but I was hoping there was a more secure alternative? On 22.08.06 18:03, Joshua Slive wrote: > Two options: > > 1. Run php as a CGI under suexec. > > 2. Give ownership of the relevant directories to www-data and use > php's safe mode. (But be sure to recognize its limitations.) 3. run with umask 002 and allow writing to group apache runs as, relax safe_mode checking to GID. 4. use PHP's FTP commands - php scripts will log via FTP and create directories and upload files. -- Matus UHLAR - fantomas, uhlar@xxxxxxxxxxx ; http://www.fantomas.sk/ Warning: I wish NOT to receive e-mail advertising to this address. Varovanie: na tuto adresu chcem NEDOSTAVAT akukolvek reklamnu postu. - Have you got anything without Spam in it? - Well, there's Spam egg sausage and Spam, that's not got much Spam in it. --------------------------------------------------------------------- The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP Server Project. See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for more info. To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx " from the digest: users-digest-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx