Permission denied even with chmod 777
 

Hello everyone,

i've just setup my first Linux server and installed apache + php. I have a simple PHP script which should just create ja directory. But i always get the following error:

PHP Warning: mkdir() [function.mkdir]: Permission denied in /var/www/html/default/test.php on line 3

So as you can see the script is within the folder 'default' which has rights set so 777

The php script contains this:
The first line, which echos the current permission shows 777

I've also checked if the httpd process is running with the right user:

(BTW: is it right that there are that many httpd processes? I've another site running on the server)

Thus i should be able to create directories via php or not? Why do i get this error even though the permissions are set to 777?


best regards

Zabrajin

Hi, welcome to LQ!

Actually your snippet doesn't do anything for me;
with a <?php it creates the directory just fine.


Cheers,
Tink

Hm maybe you've disabled php short tags? I've tried it with <?php ?>, but no difference for me.
Still says permission denied :(

check who is owning this php script? if you want to create directory within /var/ww/html/default then this script should own by apache user.

The permission for the script is as follwing
Since the webserver is running as the user apache this should be ok i think

it doesn't have execute permission (use 755 thats enough)

Changed permission to 755 but still the same error...

is SELinux enabled?

i'm not sure but i don't think so. It's a VPS with a basic fc10 install. Can i check that somehow?

//edit: I've just run the script as root via the local php interpreter and then everything works fine. Anybody has a clue why it fails when i try it within the webserver?

PHP safe mode is on?
this just looks extremely stupid to me: it must work under even 0700 with user "apache". copy your phpinfo() outputs.
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upd: try to su to "apache" and cd to that directory then mkdir test there.

i can't su to apache...

//edit... removed php info link xD

If you look at the info in /etc/passwd (if you need to modify don't do it directly, use a program or at least vipw) you will see that the user apache may not have a shell, a home and/or a password which will prevent it from being used as a regular user. You could try to edit in a shell and use the passwd command to give a password and then try what Web suggested (back up your /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow files and restore them after you're done this test).

...

You must have enabled SELinux, trying checking that first.

2 Zabrajin: follow advices about SElinux.

2 davidstvz: there's no need to go such a hard way and add password and shell for users that must never have it so take an unnecessary risk.
running su -s /bin/sh apache will do the trick safely.

is this your public ip? if yes don't post such real public ip's actually this is for your safety(To prevent the attacks).

aahhm... what should i do with this line of code? How can ich chek wether SELinux is enabled or not?



I did the su to apache the way you described and i'm able to create the directory

Ok i got it ^^ Setting the httpd_sys_script_rw_t context for the default folder fixed it!
Thanks everyone for the hint with SELinux! I didn't know about that and would have searched for ages :)


best regards

Zabrajin

I'm having the exact same issue. How did you solve this? I'm running Debian 5.0 on a VPS.

I've done the following:
which gave this:
I've tripple checked so all my paths is correct in my script, and I've also tripple checked what user PHP is running as. Any ideas?