On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 8:21 PM, Ethan Rosenberg <ethros@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote: > At 05:33 PM 3/29/2011, Adam Richardson wrote: > >> > >> > Thanks. >> > >> > What do you see if you run this? "Can't open or create file!" >> > >> > Ethan >> >> >> OK, >> >> If you're running PHP as an Apache module, by default it won't have >> permissions to write to the directory (this is by design to avoid security >> issues.) You can do something like the following: >> >> >> 1. Create a directory for writing files outside of your public directory >> >> (let's call it "uploads".) >> 2. Change the group associated with the directory to Apache: >> >> sudo chgrp -R www-data /home/username/path/to/uploads >> 3. Change the permissions on the directory so the group has write >> >> permissions: >> sudo chmod -R 2775 /home/username/path/to/uploads >> 4. Then try the script again. >> >> >> See if that works. >> >> Adam >> >> -- >> Nephtali: A simple, flexible, fast, and security-focused PHP framework >> http://nephtaliproject.com >> > ++++++++++++ > > Thanks - > > The directory is output_files, which is a subdirectory of /var/www > I'm getting a message "invalid owner" on the command "chown Apache > output_files". Also with the -R option, and with apache as the owner, also > with the chgrp. All these commands are run as root.. > > > Help and advice please. > > Ethan > > Hi Ethan, I might be missing something. Did you set up the user Apache? On a standard install for Debian (using apt-get), apache is usually set up as the user/group www-data: http://wiki.debian.org/Apache <http://wiki.debian.org/Apache>The root user typically owns the /var/www directory. I usually set up virtual hosts within one of the other accounts and then change the group on a directory outside of the public directory specifically set aside for uploads and run the commands I sent. However, in the case of your example, I believe you can just run the 2 commands I sent on the /var/www/output_files directory and you should be able to write the files. sudo chgrp -R www-data /var/www/output_files sudo chmod -R 2775 /var/www/output_files Hope this helps, and sorry if I misunderstood something in your configuration or troubleshooting. Adam -- Nephtali: A simple, flexible, fast, and security-focused PHP framework http://nephtaliproject.com
