Re: [cobalt-users] ASP Question on permission

[Larry Smith <lesmith@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Thursday 19 February 2004 22:08, JMG Enterprises Support wrote:
> On a Raq550, I have an ASP program writing to a CSV file but I want to
> tighten the permissions of this CSV file to 644.  It appears that it only
> works when I have that last digit as a 6 or 7 (as in 666 or 647).  It does
> not matter what the first two digits are. They can be any valid number for
> that permission slot.
>
> Any ideas?  I want root or group to be the only permissions to write to the
> file.  I do not want public to be able to write to the file.
>
> John

John,

  Probably not - if the asp program is being driven by a WEB interface.  The 
web out of necessity (security) has to run as a non-priveleged user - which 
is why it is the last digit that is getting you (world or "any" access 
rights)

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Larry Smith
SysAd ECSIS.NET
sysad@xxxxxxxxx