Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2021 16:10:41 -0400 From: Paul <pkagan@videotron.ca> To: Paul Procacci <pprocacci@gmail.com> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: cannot upload file via http Message-ID: <2B2FAC62-8B7D-4682-BDD0-B2C1491625A5@videotron.ca> In-Reply-To: <MwP8lpT7eGeKbMwP9lJYPm@videotron.ca> References: <MwP8lpT7eGeKbMwP9lJYPm@videotron.ca>
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It does not work I set the permissions to 777 for document root and it does n=
ot work. The owner is www. I wish to be able to upload a file , it worked at=
1 time not sure why it no longer works on several websites. It=E2=80=99s us=
eful for wordpress or like if I just want to be able to upload a document.
Envoy=C3=A9 de mon iPad
> Le 18 mars 2021 =C3=A0 13:25, Paul Procacci <pprocacci@gmail.com> a =C3=A9=
crit :
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> This question isn't suitable for the FreeBSD mailing list as this isn't a =
FreeBSD problem.
>=20
> With that said, you must ensure all the directories leading up to the dire=
ctory you want to place the file in has the execute bit set so that the user=
running as the web server has the ability to traverse the file system.
> Not just the primary directory where the file will end up.
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> An example of what I mean:
> root@nas:~ # find /tmp/test -type d -ls
> 101190 1 drwx------ 3 root wheel =
3 Mar 18 13:20 /tmp/test
> 101327 1 drwxrwxrwx 2 root wheel =
2 Mar 18 13:20 /tmp/test/this
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> % touch /tmp/test/this/
> touch: /tmp/test/this/: Permission denied
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> This advice is `blind` in a sense because there is no error message that y=
ou actually provided.
> Perhaps it boils down to the write actually taking place, yet happens in a=
location you aren't expecting.
> In cases like this, and in the case of FreeBSD you can truss(1) the web se=
rver process and figure out exactly what it's doing.
>=20
> ~Paul
>=20
>> On Thu, Mar 18, 2021 at 9:39 AM <pkagan@videotron.ca> wrote:
>> Hi I am trying and have been trying in multiple ways to be able to upload=
a
>> file with php programming and http but for some reason it is not able to
>> write. I know this because no write takes place. This could be with a
>> wordpress or any content management system as well as my own php code. I
>> went ahead and changed the user permissions to 755 and the ownership to w=
ww.
>> What could be the problem?
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