chmod: operation not permitted

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First i try this:

<?php
chmod('./images/loading.gif', 0777);
?>

 

and i get:

Warning: chmod(): Operation not permitted in /path/here/fstat.php on line 2

 

 

So then I think that maybe i have to switch to the directory im in, and then try. So i try the following:

 

<?php
chdir('./images/');
chmod('loading.gif', 0777);
?>

 

Warning: chmod(): Operation not permitted in /path/here/fstat.php on line 3

 

 

I've searched this forums, none of the topic on this provided a usable answer.

 

ps: running this code:

<?php
$file = fopen("./images/loading.gif", 'r');
$fstats = fstat($file);

$file_uid = $fstats['uid'];
$my_uid = getmyuid();
print "File is owned by $file_uid, my uid is $my_uid\n";
?>

 

returns:

File is owned by 644, my uid is 644

[effigy]

What uid does the server run as?

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It works if i manually change the server's permissions through the FTP client.

Would it be a big risk leaving images folder @ 0777?

 

 

@ effigy:

Don't know. how do i find out?

[effigy]

If it's Apache, check the User directive in httpd.conf. Wide open permissions can always be a risk. Even if you're the only user on the box, you could do something silly that affects files you didn't intend.

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If i am looking at the right place, next to User it says my username that i use to login to the hosting account. And right below that, the Group. which is also my login name.