Well chmod is certainly not doing anything. I tried that to begin with. I don't get an error, but it doesn't change any permissions. Just doesn't do anything to the permissions of the file/folder. Like it's just ignored. I did it as root using sudo. On 3/22/07 12:18 PM, "Tijnema !" <tijnema@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 3/22/07, Rahul Sitaram Johari <sleepwalker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >> Ave, >> >> "Or make sure the user apache runs on has write access to the share." >> >> That's the problem I'm facing. I'm not sure how to do that. If I'm not >> mistaken, Apache runs as user "nobody" on my Mac, but I don't know how to >> give that user write access on the Windows Machine. >> >> Yes, it is quite complicated :( > > I believe this has nothing to do with your windows machine, but with > the mount on your Mac. I'm not very familiar with Mac OS X (Although i > have installed it) I know it's based on a linux kernel, and uses same > mount tools. I think a simple chmod 777 to the mount folder would do > the job. > so if you have it mounted at /Share > chmod 777 /Share > I believe that windows mounts everything with chmod value 777, so that > shouldn't be a problem. > > Tijnema >> >> >>> On 3/22/07, Rahul Sitaram Johari <sleepwalker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>>> >>>> Ave, >>>> >>>> I¹m not sure if anyone here is going to be able to help, but I¹ve run into >>>> a >>>> permissions snag. >>>> I have Apache Web Server running on Mac OS X with PHP. I have a folder on a >>>> windows machine mounted on my Mac OS X as a share using the ³mount t smbfs >>>> //user@xxxxxxxxxxx/ShareName Share². >>>> The ³user² has full read-write permission and physically I¹m able to do >>>> anything I want sitting on my Mac OS X in this share, like create, delete >>>> or >>>> modify files. >>>> >>>> The problem is, I don¹t think Apache Web Server (or PHP) has write access >>>> on >>>> this share. In PHP, I¹m able to read data from files on this share, but I¹m >>>> not able to write data to any file on that share. I get access is denied. >>>> >>>> Is there anyway through PHP to give Apache or PHP write access to the files >>>> on this share? >>>> I don¹t see how I can provide Apache Web Server (installed on my Mac) Write >>>> Access through the Windows System that has the original folder. Windows is >>>> only able to provide the Mac User with Permissions, not Apache. >>>> >>>> Any help would be appreciated. >>>> >>>> Thanks >>> >>> You could chmod the whole share to 777 but that might give problems! >>> Or make sure the user apache runs on has write access to the share. >>> But normal each file is set with permission 755, means that only the >>> owner can write to it. >>> >>> I'm not able to give a real fix right now, but it is quite complicated :( >>> >>> Tijnema >>>> >>>> >>>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >>>> Rahul Sitaram Johari >>>> CEO, Twenty Four Seventy Nine Inc. >>>> >>>> W: http://www.rahulsjohari.com >>>> E: sleepwalker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >>>> >>>> ³I morti non sono piu soli ... The dead are no longer lonely² >>>> >>>> >> >> >> > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
