PHP and CHOWN

Warning: chown failed: Operation not permitted

[c0nsur]

hi guys!

here again im trying to do some fun stuff :)

id like to upload a file in a folder so i would need to change the owner and mode like this

$path = popen("pwd", "r");
$thepath=fgets($path,1500);
chown(rtrim($thepath)."/", nobody); 
chmod(rtrim($thepath)."/", 0777);

but it tells me :
Warning: chown failed: Operation not permitted
what should i do?

[MonkeeSage]

I have no clue about PHP, but just a guess, try quoting "nobody" since its a string and not a numeric value or variable...just a guess.

Jordan

[coopster]

You need the correct authority to the object before you can perform operations on the object. TELNET or SSH to your server and CHMOD the folder to 0777, then try your script.

[c0nsur]

its on an other server not mine ...for a friend

no access via ssh and i was wondering if its possible to change the owner and mode for my folder

im jammed there dunno whatta do :)

and thanks MonkeeSage for ur advice i tough it was pretty logical but it doesnt wanna work!

[jatar_k]

why do you need to change the owner?

[Paul in South Africa]

I don't think chown() will work on remote files. As far as I know the file must be accessible via the servers filesystem.

Take it with a pinch of salt, still learning PHP.

[c0nsur]

i wanted to change the owner because chmod isnt permitted so i guess its something about owner stuff

and i dont think it will work too like this but maybe theres a way? :)

[Dolemite]

I went through this same issue a couple weeks ago.

Ended up calling perl scripts from PHP to do the chmoding. Perl is really a much better solution for this sort of thing because it doesn't run as "nobody".