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linuxtyro Posted: Mon Jun 21, 2004 9:10 pm

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creating a new directory/files with perl

I have a perl script that is run in the cgi-bin
directory. This script belongs to the group xxx.I want
it to create a new directory in another location(not
cgi-bin)say ../../anotherdir, that has write and
execute permissions for group. That is, permissions
for anotherdir is

drwxrwxr-x 17 arnold xxx 1024 Jun 21 09:24
anotherdir

I do a system(mkdir `full/path/to/anotherdir/newdir`)
in my perl script.However it gives me a permission
denied error when it tries to create the directory.
Shouldnt my script work as it belongs to the same
group(xxx) as anotherdir? Is there another way to do
this?

thanks for any help

RS.

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slackusr Posted: Wed Jun 23, 2004 2:34 am

Joined: 23 Jun 2004

Posts: 2

creating a new directory/files with perl

do you have permission to write in the directory in which you`re
making the directory?

--- In perl_official@yahoogroups.com, LinuxTyro <linuxtyro@y...>
wrote:
> I have a perl script that is run in the cgi-bin
> directory. This script belongs to the group xxx.I want
> it to create a new directory in another location(not
> cgi-bin)say ../../anotherdir, that has write and
> execute permissions for group. That is, permissions
> for anotherdir is
>
> drwxrwxr-x 17 arnold xxx 1024 Jun 21 09:24
> anotherdir
>
> I do a system(mkdir `full/path/to/anotherdir/newdir`)
> in my perl script.However it gives me a permission
> denied error when it tries to create the directory.
> Shouldnt my script work as it belongs to the same
> group(xxx) as anotherdir? Is there another way to do
> this?
>
> thanks for any help
>
> RS.
>
>
>
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perl_jam03 Posted: Wed Jun 23, 2004 3:27 am

Joined: 05 May 2004

Posts: 16

creating a new directory/files with perl

Do a `ps aux` on the command line to find out who is runnign apache.
Look for httpd or apache. A grep might be helpful:

$ ps aux | grep httpd

The user is probably `nobody`, which will not have access to that
directory. Be very careful what kind of access you grant to `nobody`,
since it may give a breach in security.

Rex

--- slackusr <no_reply@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
> do you have permission to write in the directory in which you`re
> making the directory?
>
> --- In perl_official@yahoogroups.com, LinuxTyro <linuxtyro@y...>
> wrote:
> > I have a perl script that is run in the cgi-bin
> > directory. This script belongs to the group xxx.I want
> > it to create a new directory in another location(not
> > cgi-bin)say ../../anotherdir, that has write and
> > execute permissions for group. That is, permissions
> > for anotherdir is
> >
> > drwxrwxr-x 17 arnold xxx 1024 Jun 21 09:24
> > anotherdir
> >
> > I do a system(mkdir `full/path/to/anotherdir/newdir`)
> > in my perl script.However it gives me a permission
> > denied error when it tries to create the directory.
> > Shouldnt my script work as it belongs to the same
> > group(xxx) as anotherdir? Is there another way to do
> > this?
> >
> > thanks for any help
> >
> > RS.
> >
> >
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