Preserved Topic: PHP Chmod

Hey guys, I must say I'm thirsty... but who cares?

I have a page trying to chmod a file from 0200, to 0600 then back after I'm done...
the problem is, I'm getting this error...

'chmod failed: Operation not permitted in /home/removed/public_html/chats/count.php on line 18'

Line 18 reads: chmod($fp, 0600);

The host says that it's enabled, so am I doing something wrong?


thanks!

Try hardcoding the file name once and see what happens. This works for me:
$mymod=chmod("$server_path/$dest/$id.$ext", 0644);
echo "Results: " . $mymod;

Do you have the whole code.

Quick guess, usually $fp in the manual is a file pointer, not a filename or directory. It's usually used like this

$filename = "/whaterver/file.txt";
$fp = $fopen($filename, "r");

I'm guessing trying to chmod a file pointer instead of a filename you might get an error. So it should be

chmod($filename, 0777)
instead of
chmod($fp, 0777)




.:[ Never resist a perfect moment ]:.

Why am I up? I'm stupid!

I tried both your suggestions
It didn't work, so is it a host issue?

How could I check to see if they have it enabled, or?

Pat, I forgot to mention I had already tried the full path, sorry and thanks for your suggestion

Bit, I have an evil tendency to use $fp for file paths... Is there a big difference in using $fp vs $filepath?
I'm new, so I may ask stupid things... I just want to learn...

Thanks

Nah there's no technical difference it's just one of those things that has kinda become a defacto standard, if for no other reason but because that's how it's done in the manual. In the manual they use $fp to refer to "File Pointer" as opposed to file path and then use $filename to refrence the string that indicates the path to the file.

This is really a small issue and I only even say this because if someone else had to adjust your code, these are the little things that sometimes can make figuring out other peoples code difficult. I'm not really one to talk though I use really wierd variable names sometimes and rarely comment my stuff





.:[ Never resist a perfect moment ]:.

Nah there's no technical difference it's just one of those things that has kinda become a defacto standard, if for no other reason but because that's how it's done in the manual. In the manual they use $fp to refer to "File Pointer" as opposed to file path and then use $filename to refrence the string that indicates the path to the file.

This is really a small issue and I only even say this because if someone else had to adjust your code, these are the little things that sometimes can make figuring out other peoples code difficult. I'm not really one to talk though I use really wierd variable names sometimes and rarely comment my stuff





.:[ Never resist a perfect moment ]:.

Post the whole script. Dat might help.

Thanks Bit

Drac, before I wrote the script I was verifying the ability to chmod, so all it is thus far is.

$filepath = "/home/removed/public_html/chats/public/chatters.txt";
chmod($filepath, 0600);


(Changed $fp due to Bits post )

BTW, How is your Dad doing? I hope he's getting better.

thanks

My Dad's good.

That's the whole script!

hmmm.... How odd. What permissions have you set on the script itself?

Ok, the next question is "who owns the file"? If it's owned by ROOT, I can almost see an issue with a script trying to chmod the file. Almost. Not likely, but.......

Make sure the file is owned by the same user account that the script runs under.

Great to hear Drac

The script has been set to many things, including 666, 644(currently) and 777
I made it, and uploaded her a few days ago.
Upon doing that and having the error, I contacted the host to double
check to see if it was permitted... They said yes... sooo...

I asked them to correct me, and write something in PHP that'll change
the permissions on their server, and let me see it so I can see my wrong... lol

Thus far, no response so we'll see eh?

Any suggestions? thanks you two

Alright lets test some stuff out. Try this

<?

$filename = "test.php";



//  this is all just for testing.

//  Get the file's owner

echo "File Info: for file - ".$filename."<br>";

$owner =  posix_getpwuid(fileowner($filename));

echo "file owner: ".$owner['name']."<br>";



// Get the file's group name

$group =  posix_getgrgid(filegroup($filename));

echo "file group: ".$group['name']."<br>";



// Get the current permisssions

echo get_perms($filename);

echo "<br>";

echo "<p>Directory info cwd - ".getcwd()."<br>";

echo "Dirname - ".$dir."<br>";

//  For giggles let's get the firectory info too.

$dir = dirname($filename);

$owner = posix_getpwuid(fileowner($dir));

echo "dir owner: ".$owner['name']."<br>";

$group =  posix_getgrgid(filegroup($dir));

echo "dir group: ".$group['name']."<br>";

echo get_perms($dir);

echo "<br>";



//  Utility function to get Unix Style permissions

function get_perms($file) {

	$p_bin = substr(decbin(fileperms($file)), -9) ;

	$p_arr = explode(".", substr(chunk_split($p_bin, 1, "."), 0, 17)) ;

	$perms = ""; $i = 0;

	foreach ($p_arr as $this) { 

		$p_char = ( $i%3==0 ? "r" : ( $i%3==1 ? "w" : "x" ) ); 

		$perms .= ( $this=="1" ? $p_char : "-" ) . ( $i%3==2 ? " " : "" );

		$i++;

	}

	return $perms;

}



?>

just dump that into a php file on your server, change the path to point to your file and then you can post the results. If you change any of the file paths to hide them from this board just be consistent in the file name and the cwd.

oh oh oh you might want to at the end of all that put "phpinfo()"; and just get a dump of your php setup too.



.:[ Never resist a perfect moment ]:.

[This message has been edited by bitdamaged (edited 09-18-2002).]

Interesting.

I did a little addition to it, and made it a little easier to read. It now shows you the decimal permissions value for both the file and the directory. You can now also specify the file in the URL:

<?php

function get_perms($file) { // Utility function to get Unix Style permissions

$p_bin = substr(decbin(fileperms($file)), -9) ;

	$p_arr = explode(".", substr(chunk_split($p_bin, 1, "."), 0, 17)) ;

	$perms = "";

 $i = 0;

	foreach ($p_arr as $this) { 		$p_char = ( $i%3==0 ? "r" : ( $i%3==1 ? "w" : "x" ) );

 		$perms .= ( $this=="1" ? $p_char : "-" ) . ( $i%3==2 ? " " : "" );

		$i++;

	}	return $perms;

}

if (!isset($filename)){

	$filename = "test.php";

}

$owner = posix_getpwuid(fileowner($filename)); //  Get the file's owner

$group = posix_getgrgid(filegroup($filename)); // Get the file's group name

$perms = get_perms($filename); // Get the current permisssions

$dir = dirname($filename); //  For giggles let's get the firectory info too.

$dirowner = posix_getpwuid(fileowner($dir));

$dirgroup =  posix_getgrgid(filegroup($dir));

$dirperms = get_perms($dir);

$chmodperms = substr(base_convert(fileperms($filename), 10, 8), 3);

$dirchmodperms = substr(base_convert(fileperms(getcwd()), 10, 8), 2);



echo "<b>File name:</b> ".$filename."<br />\n";

echo "<b>File owner:</b> ".$owner['name']."<br />\n";

echo "<b>File group:</b> ".$group['name']."<br />\n";

echo "<b>File permissions:</b> ".$perms." (".$chmodperms.")<br />\n";

echo "<b>Dir info cwd:</b> ".getcwd()."<br />\n";

echo "<b>Dir name:</b> ".$dir."<br />\n";

echo "<b>Dir owner:</b> ".$dirowner['name']."<br />\n";

echo "<b>Dir group:</b> ".$dirgroup['name']."<br />\n";

echo "<b>Dir permissions:</b> ".$dirperms."(".$dirchmodperms.")<br />\n";

?>

[This message has been edited by Pugzly (edited 09-18-2002).]

[This message has been edited by Pugzly (edited 09-18-2002).]

Hey there, good day to you!


<BLOCKQUOTE><FONT face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>
File name: /home/usrname/public_html/chats/public/chatters.txt
File owner: usrname
File group: usrname
File permissions: -w- --- --- (200)
Dir info cwd: /home/usrname/public_html/chats
Dir name: /home/usrname/public_html/chats/public
Dir owner: usrname
Dir group: usrname
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Alright I'll take a look but no guarantees.

Oh and hey Pugz I see your cleaned up code and raise you one
http://www.bitdamaged.com/testpages/fileinfo

You can set either a file name or a directory and get pretty much the equivalent of a Unix ls -l command It's also slightly secured via HTTP authentication



.:[ Never resist a perfect moment ]:.

Thanks Bit!

I think I have it

try this

<?
$u = posix_getpwuid(posix_getuid());
$g = posix_getgrgid($u['gid']);
echo $u['name'].".".$g['name'];
?>

and tell me what you get. If it's not usrname.usrname Then you are not going to be able to chmod the file when it's perms have been set to 200 because the default apache user is not the owner.



.:[ Never resist a perfect moment ]:.

Damn it....

Okay - I seem to be having an "issue" with your script, Bit.....

If I specify a file, it says DIRECTORY at the top, and gives me that info. I can't seem to get it to display FILE.....

The only thing I've changed so far is some minor appearance stuff -

<?

/***********************************************************

Simple directory listing script. If installed an Apache mod

this is secured using standard HTTP Authentication for security

purposes.



THIS NOT SECURE AND THE AUTHOR TAKES NO REPSONSIBLITY!!!

this script is to be used for debugging purposes only and should

be removed when not needed.



Set the $auth_user and $auth_pass settings to something

specific to you.



Then the $filename parameter can either be set in the

script or in the URL.



questions, comments, additions

miker@bitdamaged.com





************************************************************/

unset($auth_user, $auth_pwd);



// SET THESE HERE

$auth_user = "whoever";

$auth_pass = "whatever";



// Filename to use if nothing is set in the URL.

// You can set this to "getcwd()" and it will show whatever

// Directory the script is in.

if (!isset($filename)) {

    $filename = "test.php";

}

//  If PHP is not an apache mod you can just call "get_info($filename)"

//  and remove this part.  Your security risks increas however

if ($HTTP_SERVER_VARS['PHP_AUTH_USER'] == $auth_user && $HTTP_SERVER_VARS['PHP_AUTH_PW'] == $auth_pass) {

        if ($filename) echo get_info($filename);

} else {

    header('WWW-Authenticate: Basic realm="My Realm"');

        header('HTTP/1.0 401 Unauthorized');

        echo 'You are not authorized to view this page';

        exit;

}



function get_info($file) {

    if (is_dir($file)) {

         $out = get_table($file,get_directory_contents($file));

    } else {

        $out = get_table($file, getfileinfo($file));

    }

    return $out;

}





// Function to get Unix style file info, returns hash, can be file or dir.

function get_directory_contents($dir) {

    $out = array();

    $handle = opendir($dir);

    while (false !== ($file = readdir($handle))) {

                if ($file != "." && $file != "..") {

                    array_push($out, getfileinfo($file));

                }

    }

        closedir($handle);

        return $out;

}



// Function to get a nice array for an individual file

function getfileinfo($file) {

    $out = array();

    $out['name'] =    (is_dir($file)) ? $file."/" : $file;

    $owner = posix_getpwuid(fileowner($filename));

    $out['owner'] = $owner['name'];

    $out['perms'] = (is_dir($file)) ? "d ".get_perms($file) : "- ".get_perms($file);

    $group = posix_getgrgid(filegroup($filename));

    $out['group'] = $group['name'];

    $out['size'] =    filesize($file);

    $out['mod'] = date("M d G:i", filemtime($file));

    return $out;

}



//  Utility function to get Unix Style permissions

function get_perms($file) {

    $p_bin = substr(decbin(fileperms($file)), -9) ;

    $p_arr = explode(".", substr(chunk_split($p_bin, 1, "."), 0, 17)) ;

    $perms = ""; $i = 0;

    foreach ($p_arr as $this) {

        $p_char = ( $i%3==0 ? "r" : ( $i%3==1 ? "w" : "x" ) );

        $perms .= ( $this=="1" ? $p_char : "-" ) . ( $i%3==2 ? " " : "" );

        $i++;

    }

    return $perms;

}



// Take what we have and make a table

function get_table($file, $fileinfo) {

        // If it's a directory it's an array of arrays.

        if (is_array($fileinfo)) {

            $table = "<table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"5\" border=\"0\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\">";

            $table .= "<tr><td colspan=\"6\" bgcolor=\"#dddddd\" align=\"center\">";

            $table .= "\nDirectory: ".$file;

            $table .= "\n</td></tr>";

            $table .= "\n<tr><td align=\"center\">Perms</td><td align=\"center\">Owner</td><td align=\"center\">Group</td><td align=\"center\">Size</td><td align=\"center\">Modified</td><td align=\"center\">Filename</td></tr>";

            foreach ($fileinfo as $v) {

                $table .= "\n<tr>";

                $table .= "<td align=\"center\">".$v['perms']."</td>";

                $table .= "<td align=\"center\"> ".$v['owner']." </td>";

                $table .= "<td align=\"center\"> ".$v['group']." </td>";

                $table .= "<td align=\"center\"> ".$v['size']." </td>";

                $table .= "<td align=\"center\"> ".$v['mod'] ."</td>";

                $table .= "<td align=\"center\">". $v['name']." </td>";

                $table .= "</tr>";

            }

            $table .= "\n</table>";

        // If not a directory.

        } else {

            $table = "<table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"5\" border=\"0\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\">";

            $table .= "<tr><td colspan=\"6\" bgcolor=\"#dddddd\" align=\"center\">";

            $table .= "\nFile: ".$file;

            $table .= "\n</td></tr>";

            $table .= "\n<tr>";

            $table .= "<td align=\"center\">". $fileinfo['perms']." </td>";

            $table .= "<td align=\"center\">". $fileinfo['owner']." </td>";

            $table .= "<td align=\"center\">". $fileinfo['group']." </td>";

            $table .= "<td align=\"center\">". $fileinfo['size']." </td>";

            $table .= "<td align=\"center\">". $fileinfo['mod']." </td>";

            $table .= "<td align=\"center\">". $fileinfo['name']." </td>";

            $table .= "</tr>\n</table>";

        }



    return $table;

}

?>

Still in progress on this one

I just fixed it and then broke it again.
but it should be fixed now. Try the new version, it now allows you to dig into directories. I'm going to try to get it to sort properly now. I'm using some array's of associative arrays so I have to figure out how to sort the parent array according to the value of one of it's children's values.



.:[ Never resist a perfect moment ]:.

[This message has been edited by bitdamaged (edited 09-19-2002).]

[This message has been edited by bitdamaged (edited 09-19-2002).]

Bugger!

It's nobody.nobody

freakin a... I'm screwed eh?

Since the host tells me I can do this, and I can't... what am I to do?
He told me today, to go to forums to find a solution... these people suck!
I wish my client didn't want them, I'd be switching to someone else!!!

I'm pissed... sorry... Any suggestions as to what I can tell the provider?
I swear, these pills aren't doing crap for my stress level...

thanks again for your time

you can try using chgrp to switch it to the nobody group but I doubt that would work.

You could also create some sort of PHP uploader to do your ftp stuff for you since that should upload any files as nobody and keep them with those user/group perms which should then allow you to change it.

Can you see the file?



.:[ Never resist a perfect moment ]:.

I'll try that, thanks...

Sorry it took so long to reply, been off working...

later