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Am using CakePHP 2.2.2 and in order to write/delete files/symlinks to a folder have to set containing folder permissions to 0777 as writes seem to be using different owner/group names to those of CakePHP script files. This creates problems when using the same scripts to delete the files/symlinks that they created and also when trying change permissions/delete files via ftp client. Any pointers on how to resolve this issue?

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    Who's running the script files? Apache? You? I mean whoever calls the script owns the process. What is the question here. – thatidiotguy Nov 28 '12 at 17:33

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The problem is that your FTP user cannot delete the files created by the webserver. You have mainly two options:

  • Let a PHP-script delete these files (so the files will be deleted by the owner who created them);
  • Have a root- or admin-user delete these files.

The last one will be difficult on a shared hosting server, so the first one will probably be your way to go...

beeman
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