problem with function unlink()
I'd uploaded some files via ftp and then I chmod them 777.
Then I created a php script to manage these files, when I tried to delete a selected file I got this error:
Unlink failed (Permission denied) in /home/sitefolder/public_html/admin/confirm_delete.php on line 93
These are some lines of my script:
<?php
$file=\"/home/sitefolder/public_html/files/file.pdf\";
if (unlink($file)){ //line #93
echo\"file deleted\";
}else{
echo\"ERROR!\";
}
?>I don't know what's the problem, I had changed the permissions to 777 but the problem persists...
I need your help!!
Thanx
Adolfo
Adolfo posted this at 19:59 — 26th November 2001.
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I found the problem ...
I chmod 777 the dir where I have my files and I just worked out
Mark Hensler posted this at 22:51 — 26th November 2001.
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You'll want to be carefull with 777 directories. That's a big security whole.
Adolfo posted this at 12:23 — 27th November 2001.
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I know but, what can I do???
If the dir is not 777 chmoded I cannot unlink either rename
Mark Hensler posted this at 16:27 — 27th November 2001.
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You can find out what user your scripts run as. Then chown and chgrp the folder to that user.
Or... you could create a symbolic link to that folder, and chown and chgrp that to the user. That way, you don't loose ownership.
Mark Hensler
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