safe_mode and mkdir in a loop

Salmo Bytes

I have a script that wants to mirror
a directory structure, reading
from location1 and writing (mkdir) at location2.

This code works fine on a my own desktop test box.
But fails at 'mkdir' when run on virtualhost box
with safe_mode enabled and virtual (chrooted?)
filesystems.

My script makes the first top-level directory just
fine, but fails on subsequent, nested mkdirs,
producing the error message:

Warning: mkdir(): SAFE MODE Restriction in effect. The script whose
uid is 669 is not allowed to access /home/virtual/site...path to dir I
just made

There must be a solution.
chmod($newdir, 0777) doesn't
seem to help.

Php has to solve the lack-of-suexec-behavior problem,
somehow, someway. Else it's a make believe system,
at least in the virtualhost environment.

Jul 17 '05 #1

Tim Van Wassenhove

In article <a8**************************@posting.google.com >, Salmo Bytes wrote:

My script makes the first top-level directory just
fine, but fails on subsequent, nested mkdirs,
producing the error message:

Warning: mkdir(): SAFE MODE Restriction in effect. The script whose
uid is 669 is not allowed to access /home/virtual/site...path to dir I
just made
If you create a new directory, the owner of that directory is the user
that runs the webserver (usually www-data or nobody).

With safe mode enabled, you can only access directories that are owned
by you. <>
Php has to solve the lack-of-suexec-behavior problem,
somehow, someway. Else it's a make believe system,
at least in the virtualhost environment.

You can also run php in a suexec environment.

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Jul 17 '05 #2

iuz

Salmo Bytes wrote:

I have a script that wants to mirror
a directory structure, reading
from location1 and writing (mkdir) at location2.

This code works fine on a my own desktop test box.
But fails at 'mkdir' when run on virtualhost box
with safe_mode enabled and virtual (chrooted?)
filesystems.

My script makes the first top-level directory just
fine, but fails on subsequent, nested mkdirs,
producing the error message:

Warning: mkdir(): SAFE MODE Restriction in effect. The script whose
uid is 669 is not allowed to access /home/virtual/site...path to dir I
just made

There must be a solution.
chmod($newdir, 0777) doesn't
seem to help.

Php has to solve the lack-of-suexec-behavior problem,
somehow, someway. Else it's a make believe system,
at least in the virtualhost environment.

the only solution i elaborate its creating dir with ftp function..

if you found another method or want some example code contact me
garbage'AT'iuz-lab.info 'AT' = @

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Jul 17 '05 #3