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Re: Session Handling for multiple languages, permission denied [message #170923 is a reply to message #170917]

Wed, 08 December 2010 20:21

The Natural Philosoph
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jwcarlton wrote:
> On Dec 8, 3:01 am, Erwin Moller
> <Since_humans_read_this_I_am_spammed_too_m...@spamyourself.com> wrote:
>> On 12/8/2010 8:26 AM, jwcarlton wrote:
>>
>>> I can set and read $_SESSION in PHP, no problem. But the file is being
>>> stored on the server at /tmp/, and it's permission is set at 0600
>>> (read and write by owner only).
>>> If I want to access the session in other languages (like Perl),
>>> permission is denied. How do I set PHP to save them with a different
>>> read/write permission?
>> Hi,
>>
>> As you mentioned, it is all about filepermissions.
>> So you must first figure out the users that are acting in name of the
>> programs. Or differently formulated, figure out as *which* user PHP
>> runs, and also for Perl.
>>
>> It is possible they both run under Apache as www-data (Or 'apache', or
>> 'nobody': whatever you/your distro choosed when you installed apache.)
>>
>> If they are both the same user, you can read the sessionfiles.
>> If not, you have a few options:
>> 1) Make them the same user.
>> 2) Change the sessionstorage directory for PHP, and make sure you give
>> it such permissions both users can access it.
>>
>> I would advise against changing the permissions for /tmp.
>>
>> Hope this helps.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Erwin Moller
>>
>> --
>> "There are two ways of constructing a software design: One way is to
>> make it so simple that there are obviously no deficiencies, and the
>> other way is to make it so complicated that there are no obvious
>> deficiencies. The first method is far more difficult."
>> -- C.A.R. Hoare
>
> Thanks, Erwin. Can you suggest how I would tell which user PHP and
> Perl run as? I suspect that you're correct, and that they are
> different.
>

PHP wll run typically with the perissions of whoever types 'php' on the
command line, or if its run from apache, with whatever permissions
apache runs.

If PERL is also run from apache it will be with the same permissins
normally.

> If I change the session storage directory, is there a risk of it
> running slower?

No.

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		Session Handling for multiple languages, permission denied By: jwcarlton on Wed, 08 December 2010 07:26
		Re: Session Handling for multiple languages, permission denied By: Erwin Moller on Wed, 08 December 2010 08:01
		Re: Session Handling for multiple languages, permission denied By: jwcarlton on Wed, 08 December 2010 10:42
		Re: Session Handling for multiple languages, permission denied By: Erwin Moller on Wed, 08 December 2010 11:02
		Re: Session Handling for multiple languages, permission denied By: jwcarlton on Thu, 09 December 2010 01:33
		Re: Session Handling for multiple languages, permission denied By: The Natural Philosoph on Wed, 08 December 2010 20:21
		Re: Session Handling for multiple languages, permission denied By: Jerry Stuckle on Wed, 08 December 2010 20:40
		Re: Session Handling for multiple languages, permission denied By: alvaro.NOSPAMTHANX on Thu, 09 December 2010 08:17

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