Oh I see. I tried a different experiment through the telnet and I noticed I get this error if I use the wrong password. So, I get the impression that it is a timing issues or something because I may be sending out the password too early or too late... Sigh!! More work for me.... Boy!! Scott "Scott Fletcher" <scott@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:20041110211017.56338.qmail@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > I tried that before and it doesn't work... Here's the response.. > > --snip-- > 3004-501 Cannot su to "webacct" : Authentication is denied. > --snip-- > > Scott > > "M. Sokolewicz" <tularis@xxxxxxx> wrote in message > news:20041110210603.38034.qmail@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > you can have apache SU to a user with enough permissions to do what you > > are trying :) > > > > (passthru('SU ...')) > > > > Scott Fletcher wrote: > > > Hi, I'm using the AIX or UNIX system... When I tried the ... > > > > > > --snip-- > > > passthru('chmod -R a+rw ../WebHelp/* 2>&1'); > > > --snip-- > > > > > > I get an error message, "Operation Is Not Permitted".. So, I tried > other > > > option... > > > > > > --snip-- > > > chmod("../WebHelp/", 0755); > > > --snip-- > > > > > > I get an error message, "Warning: chmod(): Not owner in <<filepath>> on > line > > > 13".. > > > > > > Problem here is that Apache use hte account, "nobody" and is used as > "other" > > > when it come to file permission. (Not the "file owner" or "group")... > The > > > rest of the website files are in a different user account and have > different > > > ownership:group... > > > > > > Does anyone encountered this situation and does anyone every have a > > > workaround to it to your knowledge?? > > > > > > Thanks, > > > Scott -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
