is_writable returns FALSE no matter what/where

[muratny]

Hi,

Safe mode is off in php.ini

Running php5 as an Apache server module on Fedora

 

/logfiles directory is 777 owned by 'apache', 'apache'

cannot fopen("/logfiles/a.txt","w"); here...

 

/logfiles/b.txt file is 777 owned by 'apache', 'apache'

cannot fopen("/logfiles/a.txt","a"); here...

 

I just want to write to a file anywhere, anyhow,

Any help would greaty be appreciated, going crazy,

thanks,

m.

[hitman6003]

Stupid question, but, is "/logfiles" a directory named "logfiles" in the root partition of your server, or is it a folder in the docroot of Apache?

 

What is the exact error given?

[btherl]

Try this:

 

system("ls -l /logfiles/a.txt");
fopen("/logfiles/a.txt","w"); 

 

Does it show the file you are trying to open?

 

Also, are you using SELinux?  Check what's in /etc/selinux/config

[muratny]

after pulling out lots of hair, this fixed it:

 

cd /

chcon -t httpd_sys_content_t -R logfiles

 

thanks for all the replies, much appreciated,

Murat

[btherl]

For any other people who might find this thread later, chcon is an SELinux command.  That's a permissions system that runs on top of chmod, meaning BOTH conditions must be satisfied to get access.