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[Edward Potter]

yeah, i saw that email went blank, weird...  any way here's my input... 
thanks

>
> hi,
>
> ok, is this an upload using php with a form?  Then files are owned by 
> user nobody, which should have viewable permission, HOWEVER you should 
> also check out the UMASK  command in Unix. If this an FTP upload, then 
> that's another story.  Permissions can be kinda of tricky. You may to 
> assume the ID of the user at the command line, create a file, and do a 
> basic save, see where it ends up permissions wise. Once you get your 
> UMASK set, I think you'll be ok.   No matter what u do permissions 
> wise, the UMASK is going to be the default maker of permissions.
>
> -- ed
>
> The default file permissions (umask):
> Each user has a default set of permissions which apply to all files 
> created by that user, unless the software explicitly sets something 
> else. This is often called the 'umask', after the command used to 
> change it. It is either inherited from the login process, or set in the 
> .cshrc or .login file which configures an individual account, or it can 
> be run manually.
> On Monday, October 14, 2002, at 04:25 AM, Phil Powell wrote:
>
>> If your directory is set to permissions 0755, and you upload your 
>> files to be at permissions 0744, will that change the permissions of 
>> the directory?  Whenever I upload a file, even though I have an is_dir 
>> check in place for the directory, the file is uploaded with 
>> permissions of 0755 and then the file becomes 0744 and then the file 
>> becomes 0744, and then I can't view the file!
>>
>> I am not grasping this whole aspect of file permissions apparently 
>> enough to be able to handle file uploading correctly within the 
>> framework of PHP.  Anyone out there know what I must do to ensure the 
>> directory remains at 0755 and the files at 0744 or 0755 and ensure 
>> they can be viewed by all?
>>
>> Thanx
>> Phil
>>
>>
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