lawrence k wrote:
> I've a simple script to transfer some files from one domain to
> another, with both domains living on the same server. The files in
> both directories are already chmod 777. Yet after transfer, I try to
> ensure that the file is 777, and I get an error. Why?
>
>
> for ($i=0; $i < count($transferArray); $i++) {
> $fileName = $transferArray[$i];
> $commandAsString = "\cp -f /var/www/vhosts/mydomain.com/httpdocs/
> site_specific_files/$fileName /var/www/vhosts/theice.org/httpdocs/
> site_specific_files/$fileName";
> exec($commandAsString);
> chmod("/var/www/vhosts/ice.org/httpdocs/site_specific_files/
> $fileName", 0777);
> if ($i > 0) $resultString .= ", ";
> $resultString .= "$fileName";
> }
>
>
> The files copy over just fine, but the line where I try to do chmod, I
> get this error:
>
> "Warning: chmod(): Operation not permitted in /var/www/vhosts/
> cyberbitten.com/httpdocs/sharedCode/
> transferFilesFromCyberbittenToTSR.php on line 33"
>
> The owner and the group of the file change to "www-data" which is
> annoying, but which should allow PHP to do anything it wants with the
> files. So why would I get an error?
>
> I also tried to end with this line:
>
> exec("chown mgtr /var/www/vhosts/ice.org/httpdocs/site_specific_files/
> $fileName");
>
> This doesn't work at all. Why?
>
> I ssh to the server and edited the configuration files to be sure the
> open_basedir restriction was off, then I rebooted Apache. That made
> no difference, for this particular bug.

I haven't seen your entire command, but cp could be failing here. a+x on
the destination directory.. chown won't change the owner unless the
person running it is root or through sudo.