BornKillaz Posted December 31, 2008 Share Posted December 31, 2008 Hi! On my previous server and on some other hosts, I was able to write to files (for example with PHP) without having to chmod the files first. Now I cannot, and files are required to be chmoded properly so I can write to them. I cannot even touch() a file with PHP. Is there any way to have this permissions removed? I don't want to chmod the all thing, all I want is to change the configurations so I can fwrite() or file_put_contents() normally. I's a dedicated un-managed server, so basically any advanced configurations can be done. Please help! :-\ Thank you in advance! Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/138939-how-not-to-require-chmod-755-permissions-to-create-write-and-delete-files/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomfmason Posted December 31, 2008 Share Posted December 31, 2008 If I want the server to be able to read and write files I do something like: chown -R user:group /path/to/location chmod -R ug+rw /path/to/location "group" is the group that you have apache running under. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/138939-how-not-to-require-chmod-755-permissions-to-create-write-and-delete-files/#findComment-726643 Share on other sites More sharing options...
BornKillaz Posted December 31, 2008 Author Share Posted December 31, 2008 If I want the server to be able to read and write files I do something like: chown -R user:group /path/to/location chmod -R ug+rw /path/to/location "group" is the group that you have apache running under. Hi, and thank you for your fast reply. So, is that the only option? CHMOD? And it is secure? I mean, I have run my code for the last 3 years with no problems on the old server.... However I was running PHP as a CGI module. Don't know if has something to do with that. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/138939-how-not-to-require-chmod-755-permissions-to-create-write-and-delete-files/#findComment-726653 Share on other sites More sharing options...
neogranas Posted December 31, 2008 Share Posted December 31, 2008 If I understand what you are saying, you mean that when you create the files they are not made with proper permissions for you to manipulate(read/write/execute) them? That may be a setting on the server that automatically assigns that privilege, and you may be able to get it changed if you have root access. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/138939-how-not-to-require-chmod-755-permissions-to-create-write-and-delete-files/#findComment-727053 Share on other sites More sharing options...
steviewdr Posted January 2, 2009 Share Posted January 2, 2009 I would recommend looking at suphp. It runs php in cgi mode where a php script executes as the owner. Therefore any files created by a php script will be under your username. -steve Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/138939-how-not-to-require-chmod-755-permissions-to-create-write-and-delete-files/#findComment-728124 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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