[mythtv-users] MythWeb PHP error permission denied... what's wrong?

[Aaron Stewart]

Another note on this: On Mandrake, the user is apache, so everything
works.. You might benefit from checking to see what user the httpd
process is owned by:

ps ax | grep -i 'httpd'

That oughta tell you what user it's running as.

Cheers,
Aaron

On Tue, 2003-09-30 at 14:15, Garett Harnish wrote:
> Chris Germano wrote:
> 
> > I decided to create a new apache server since my standard one keeps 
> > crashing with the new mythweb, which made it impossible to even get 
> > to. So far so good, I downloaded 1.3.8, installed it, downloaded php, 
> > installed it. Downloaded the latest mythweb copied it over, and 
> > followed the instructions for setting chgrp and chmod. Then I started 
> > the server and I'm getting this when on the Recorded Programs page for 
> > the images:
> >
> > Warning at 
> > /usr/local/share/apache/htdocs/pvr/includes/mythbackend.php, line 198:
> > copy(image_cache/1005_20030929220000_20030929230000.nuv.png): failed 
> > to open stream: Permission denied
> >
> > now I do have the settings set right, so what's up? Is my php 
> > installation all messed up lol
> >
> > drwxrwxr-x    3 root     apache       4096 Sep 29 21:04 image_cache/
> > drwxr-xr-x    4 root     root         4096 Sep 29 21:04 images/
> > drwxr-xr-x    3 root     root         4096 Sep 29 21:04 includes/
> > -rw-r--r--    1 root     root          157 Jul 24 18:29 index.html
> > -rw-r--r--    1 root     root         2784 Jul 24 18:29 legend.php
> > -rw-r--r--    1 root     root         2698 Jul 24 18:29 movies.php
> > -rw-r--r--    1 root     root         7139 Aug  6 21:35 mythmusic.php
> > drwxrwxr-x    3 root     apache       4096 Sep 29 21:04 php_sessions/
> 
> 
> I haven't used the product yet, but I'll fire off at least one 
> suggestion.   IIRC, some distribution's has wacky security, ie even if a 
> users is part of the group, the kernel will not allow you to write into 
> a directory owned by root.   Just in case, try
> 
> chown apache.apache -R /usr/local/share/apache/htdocs/pvr
> 
> and see if it makes a difference.   Also ensure that all configuration 
> is complete.  IE if it asks for a root location, ensure it is set to 
> /usr/local/share/apache/htdocs/pvr/ so it knows image_cache is in 
> /usr/local/share/apache/htdocs/pvr/ and not 
> /usr/local/share/apache/htdocs/pvr/includes/. 
> 
> Just a few suggestions.
> 
> --
> Garett
> 
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