There are several things to check.... For example which user / group owns /tmp?
What are the read / write permissions on /tmp? If nobody does not have write privileges to /tmp, the file will not get updated. Michael -- Michael Viron Registered Linux User #81978 Senior Systems & Administration Consultant Alumni Representative, Online Operations Web Spinners, University of West Florida At 03:14 PM 02/09/2002 -0500, Andre Dubuc wrote: >Finally, I have working copies of Apache 1.3.22 and PHP 4.1.1 on my LM8.0 >box. Apache has been set up with "nobody' permissions, and I write test >scripts as root and place them in /home/web/apache/htdocs. > >I can read scripts from this directory, but I've tried to use: >. . . excerpt . . . > > $filename = "/tmp/graffiti.dat"; > $handle = fopen ($filename, "a+"); > fputs ($handle, $graffiti); [I've also tried fwrite] > fclose($handle); > >. . . followed by a form that takes $graffiti as input . . . and then a php >script that displays the contents of the appended $filename . . . > >And no matter what I try, nothing is written to "graffiti.dat" -- I've >checked that it is writeable. Somehow, I think it's related to permissions >and the group "nobody". I've written the script as root, and another as user. >Neither works. Apache (temporarily) is run at root -- I'm just learning >Apache and PHP -- this is a developmental setup, not connected to the outside. > >If there are any gurus that can help me, I'd appreciate it. Permissions are >set otherwise to 755. > >I'm obviously not clear on the concept of "nobody" and how it affects running >of scripts. Who cn arun these, if it's set to "nobody"? > >Tia, >Andre > > > > >-- >Please pray the Holy Rosary to end the holocaust of abortion. >Remember in your prayers the suffering souls in Purgatory. > >May God bless you abundantly in His love! > >For a free Cenacle Scriptural Rosary Booklet -- http://www.webhart.net/csrb/ > >Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? >Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com >
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