PHP/CMD

[kool_samule]

Hi Chaps,

 

I'm setting up a PHP App on a new SBS2008 Server.

My scripts use MKDIR, RENAME, etc, which I believe use the Windows Command Prompt by default to perform these functions.

On my existing server, I have added IUSER to the security settings, but I am unable to do this on the new SBS2008 Server.

I have read that it is advised against giving such permissions to 'Guests' to the CMD.EXE, so my question is how do I get around this.

If PHP uses CMD, but I cannot grant permissions to, what was IUSER, how can PHP perform these actions?

 

Cheers

[trq]

which I believe use the Windows Command Prompt by default to perform these functions.

 

What makes you think that?

[kool_samule]

Only through testing on my existing server. Windows Server SBS2003, uses IIS, the only way I could get PHP to MKDIR was to grant access to CMD.EXE.

 

Is there something I'm missing?

 

[trq]

PHP's mkdir implementation isn't just a simple wrapper around the CMD.exe, it is quite capable of making directories itself.

[kool_samule]

Well that's what I had learned, but in order to get these functionalities to work on IIS server, I had to change the security settings on the server's CMD.EXE.

 

What I want to know is how can I get the PHP MKDIR to work, without having to change the security settings?

[trq]

You need to give the IUSR account permissions to the parent directory.