Deleting files created by php

D. B. wrote:
 > Tried out a php script for an image gallery for my site. Wasn't happy
 > with the results. The script created some thumbnail image files that
 > I cannot delete because it gave ownership of the files as "Apache".
 > Is there a way to delete these files off the server? Maybe some other
 > php script or something?
 >

change the ownership, then delete.

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"D. B." <db.DeleteThis@youdontneedtoknow.com> wrote in message
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Tried out a php script for an image gallery for my site. Wasn't happy with
the results. The script created some thumbnail image files that I cannot
delete because it gave ownership of the files as "Apache". Is there a way to
delete these files off the server? Maybe some other php script or something?

Something weird if you can install a script that can give permissions that
YOU cannot overide.
If you can install it and run (execute) it then you should also be able to
log in and change those permissions.

As an alternative, If the script was able to give ownership it must be also
able to delete the files. rewrite the script to do that!
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With total disregard for any kind of safety measures "Bill Logan"
<blogan.DeleteThis@clear.net.nz> leapt forth and uttered:

 > Something weird if you can install a script that can give
 > permissions that YOU cannot overide.
 > If you can install it and run (execute) it then you should also
 > be able to log in and change those permissions.
 >

Hardly. PHP runs as part of the apache process, and unless the
apache process has root permissions then it can hardly change the
UID of files that it creates.

Using SUExec allows PHP to run as the user UID, but it's not very
stable.


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"Phil Roberts" <philrob DeleteThis @HOLYflatnetSHIT.net> wrote in message
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 > With total disregard for any kind of safety measures "Bill Logan"
 > <blogan DeleteThis @clear.net.nz> leapt forth and uttered:
 >
  > > Something weird if you can install a script that can give
  > > permissions that YOU cannot overide.
  > > If you can install it and run (execute) it then you should also
  > > be able to log in and change those permissions.
  > >
 >
 > Hardly. PHP runs as part of the apache process, and unless the
 > apache process has root permissions then it can hardly change the
 > UID of files that it creates.
 >
 > Using SUExec allows PHP to run as the user UID, but it's not very
 > stable.
Yeah right!
However, I was talking about installing?
If the user can install the script and the script runs as Apache - then what
is to stop the user changing the script to delete the files it created? Or
for that matter installing another script to do the job?

Also, something wrong with the machine setup if the creator of a file cannot
delete the file. (I am talking about a site owner here, not a visitor! and
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