cp permission denied

[Hondy]

Hi

I have one more question if you don't mind?
My SH script tries to copy a file over another during the script like so:

cp /usr/local/apache2/status/UP.htm /usr/local/apache2/pagestatus.htm

when my web page tries to run this part of the script I get a permission denied error in the apache log. If i run this part of the script on its own through a console it works, what permissions do I need to give and where?

Thanks

 

[thedaver]

You are probably a user like 'root' at the console.
Apache is either another user ('

http://www',

'apache') or is 'Nobody'.

Take a look at the file with "ls -l [file]" and examine the perms on the file, specifically owner and group. Figure out if your Apache user would have rights.

You can figure out your Apache user by looking at the output of "ps waux | grep http"

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[Hondy]

thanks thedaver, i will do that as an exercise, sounds quite complicated!

for now I tried chmod -v 777 status.htm and that seems to have fixed it. Although I am a little confused why the new file keeps the same chmod props, I'm not complaining - its working!

 

[thedaver]

read up:

http://www.comptechdoc.org/os/linux/usersguide/linux_ugfilesp.html

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