files created for user other than "nobody" or "www"

[turigeza]

Hi All,

Just wanted advice on something.

I have to interact with the file system with the application I'm writing and need to be able to create files and modify them as I like.

Fwrite() and fopen() will always creates files with permissions for user "nobody", "www", "httpd", (or whatever). I don't want these files with permissions set to these users but I want to be able to control what "user" will the file belong to.

How can I do that?? I'm looking at the ftp functions of php to use. Am I on the right track here ??

Any short suggestion would be great!!

Is there something like fwrite() in the ftp functions of php??

Thanks for the help!
R.
Geza Turi

[Helge]

You can change the file owner with the function chown. However it's only the superuser that can change it though.

-Helge

[turigeza]

Thank you. In the mean time I have already did it with the ftp functions.

>> However it's only the superuser that can change it though.

Than you would need to change under what username PHP runs!??

I don't get it

You can change the file owner with the function chown. However it's only the superuser that can change it though. But php runs as "nobody", "www", "httpd"
which are not superusers.

Should php be runing under a superuser username !?? If not than how would one use chown ?
As you see I lack of experience
Thank you for you help!

Geza