Re: [PHP] Access rights for php files on Linux?

2001-12-18 Thread Jim Lucas
your scripts have to have to be readable by your apache user/group if it can't read them then it can't run them. now as for being allowed to only view files of yours, you would want to place the apache user in your group. this will give it access to read your files, but so will others running

Re: [PHP] Access rights for php files on Linux?

2001-12-18 Thread Michael Geier
Use include files to pass your authentication information. ? include('auth.php'); ? auth.php: ? $username=foo; $password=bar; ? put auth.php in your home directory with you as owner and apache group id as group, or create a group that contains you and apache user (probably 'nobody'). $ chmod

RE: [PHP] Access rights for php files on Linux?

2001-12-18 Thread scott
file. (Any file that is readable by the webserver is, in essence, readable by any script being executed by that webserver - which, to say the least, can be a rather large security problem) -Original Message- From: Michael Geier [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Subject: Re: [PHP] Access rights