I have a directory protected with .htaccess / .htpasswd. After I'm validated, I
run a php script which bombs out when trying to write a file to that directory.
If I chmod 777 on the directory (default was 755) then everything works ok.
So apparently, the script is running under a different security context even
though it's being run via my http session validated via .htaccess.
1) Do I have to be concerned about access to a protected directory via .htaccess
but with wide-open file permissions?
2) If yes, are there any alternatives for my PHP routines if I want to maintain
file-level permissions?
3) Is this normal behavior (i.e., how things are supposed to work with
file-level access) for most ISPs?
Thanks -
jon
-- jwayne@_myrealb ox_no_spam.com 2  11053 
JW <jwayne@_myreal box_no_spam.com > wrote in message news:<6f******* *************** **********@4ax. com>... I have a directory protected with .htaccess / .htpasswd. After I'm validated, I
run a php script which bombs out when trying to write a file to that directory.
If I chmod 777 on the directory (default was 755) then everything works ok.
So apparently, the script is running under a different security context even
though it's being run via my http session validated via .htaccess.
1) Do I have to be concerned about access to a protected directory via .htaccess
but with wide-open file permissions?
2) If yes, are there any alternatives for my PHP routines if I want to maintain
file-level permissions?
3) Is this normal behavior (i.e., how things are supposed to work with
file-level access) for most ISPs?
Thanks -
jon
..htaccess configures only http-access to your directory. file-writing
under php works without http, so .htaccess does't apply.
micha ch*********@web .de (chotiwallah) wrote: JW <jwayne@_myreal box_no_spam.com > wrote in message news:<6f******* *************** **********@4ax. com>... I have a directory protected with .htaccess / .htpasswd. After I'm validated, I
run a php script which bombs out when trying to write a file to that directory.
If I chmod 777 on the directory (default was 755) then everything works ok.
So apparently, the script is running under a different security context even
though it's being run via my http session validated via .htaccess.
1) Do I have to be concerned about access to a protected directory via .htaccess
but with wide-open file permissions?
2) If yes, are there any alternatives for my PHP routines if I want to maintain
file-level permissions?
3) Is this normal behavior (i.e., how things are supposed to work with
file-level access) for most ISPs?
Thanks -
jon
.htaccess configures only http-access to your directory. file-writing
under php works without http, so .htaccess does't apply.
Yeah, figured that out already. I was wondering whether I had to be concerned
about 777 file permissions if http was protected via .htaccess. I.e., can it be
accessed by other means? And if I do need to be concerned, what are my
alternatives? I neglected to mention that only _I_ (the owner of the directory
and the script) need to write those files. The ISP uses suEXEC and safe_mode is
turned off.
For now, I have 755 on the directory and have only the files that I need to
write set to 777.
jon
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