PHP, Frontpage 2002, and Permissions

[jay314]

Hi everyone.

I'm working on a PHP-based website for my university. I'm not very
familiar with FrontPage, but it is the only access they will give me to
the server, so I have to work with it.

I am having trouble with file permissions when doing file operations
within PHP. File writing and creation fails, unless I put the files to
be modified in a subweb and allow anonymous access to that subweb.
This lets the public edit my files though, and is completely
unacceptible.

Anyone have a solution?

Here are some details:
PHP5.0.5, WindowsNT 5.2, IIS6.0, FrontPage Server Extentions 2002,
FrontPage file access only, no FTP/SSH


Thanks for any help.

 

[Chris Leeds, MVP-FrontPage]

perhaps you could initiate a server log-on so you wouldn't have to set the
file permissions on the file to anonymous read/write.

I'm assuming that when you're doing these file operations it's through a
browser or something?

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Chris Leeds,
Microsoft MVP-FrontPage

If you make web sites for other people, you should check out ContentSeed:
http://contentseed.com/

 

[Thomas A. Rowe]

The system admin must set file permissions for specific folder, you can not via FP.

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[jay314]

Any idea what permissions should be set? I can't seem to find the
username that the PHP interpreter is running under.

I have access to the permissions interface (_vti_adm/fpadmdll.dll)
where it lets me "manage users" and change subweb permissions. Is it
possible to set those permissions from there? Or will I still have to
contact the sysadmin to set them on the server directly?

Thanks alot.
jay

 

[Thomas A. Rowe]

Has to be installed and configured by the sysadmin.

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Thomas A. Rowe (Microsoft MVP - FrontPage)
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If you feel your current issue is a results of installing
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Microsoft Product Support Services:
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If the problem can be shown to have been caused by a
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