Hi, Yes absolutely. I checked my servers and they both use open_basedir to limit what scripts can open as valid paths.
Sincerely, Mike -- Mike Brandonisio * Web Hosting Tech One Illustration * Internet Marketing tel (630) 759-9283 * e-Commerce [EMAIL PROTECTED] * http://www.jikometrix.net JIKOmetrix - Reliable web hosting On Mar 1, 2006, at 7:19 PM, James Keeline wrote: > --- Mike Brandonisio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Yes you should be able to if your php runs as your hosting account >> user. If runs as nobody you might have to open it to the group write >> in stead just owner. >> >> Sincerely, >> Mike > > Another technique is to have the directory owned by your user and > the group association the same > that the webserver runs as. You'll need the cooperation from the > sysadmins for this. Then the > directory can be set to 775 to give the owner and web server user > read-write-search access to the > directory. > > However, this does not solve the problem of another PHP program on > the same machine looking > through the filesystem and finding writable files or directories > and abusing it. That is where > things like the open_basedir come in. > > James > _____ > > > > Community email addresses: > Post message: php-list@yahoogroups.com > Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > List owner: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Shortcut URL to this page: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/php-list > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > Community email addresses: Post message: php-list@yahoogroups.com Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] List owner: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Shortcut URL to this page: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/php-list Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/php-list/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
