cant change file permission

[Mark M]

need to change the permission of a file to 444 from 644 but when I do it and then refresh it defaults back to 644?

Any ideas?

Thanks, Mark

 

[Mark M]

Just spoke to my host about this and they said try a php script to change the permission? What does that mean? They couldnt be of any more help!!

 

[Augmented]

Change the value of $file as appropriate, save as a .php, upload and open it in a browser. I recommend deleting it after you've finished using it:

<?php
$file = "/path/to/your/filename";
if (chmod($file, 0444)) {
	echo "Permissions  of $file changed.";
} else {
	echo "Could not change permissions of $file.";
}
echo '<br />The file permissions are now set to: ';
echo substr(sprintf('%o', fileperms($file)), -4);

It will fail if the user PHP is running at doesn't have permissions to change the file e.g. it's not the file owner.

 

[Mark M]

Could not change permissions of /store/catalog/includes/configure.php.
The file permissions are now set to: 0

Any ideas?

 

[Augmented]

It's probably the path to the file that is incorrect. You need to specify either the full path of the filename (could be something like /home/yourusername/www/store/catalog/includes/configure.php) or put one relative to the PHP script (e.g. ./store/catalog/includes/configure.php if /store/ is a folder in your html directory).

 

[Mark M]

You beauty! Had to use phpinfo to get the correct path mind you