Re: permission denied - can files be locked in linux?

From: Bill Unruh (unruh_at_string.physics.ubc.ca)
Date: 11/21/04 

Date: 21 Nov 2004 16:35:11 GMT

"Max" <nospam@notvalid.com> writes:

]I understand permissions, but I don't have shell access. Can you give me
]some idea what is causing the lock on the files and ways to remove it? I
]think PHP can lock files, but I didn't know it affected the filesystem...

If you do not have control over the system, talk to the people that do.

And I doubt that you do understand permissions.
lsattr and chattr are NOT the usual permissions.

]I'm using EZ Web Hosting -- Apache 1.3.33 (Unix) -- I don't know what
]filesystem.

]Thanks

]"Michael Heiming" <michael+USENET@www.heiming.de> wrote in message
]news:mnm572-o2v.ln1@news.heiming.de...
]> In alt.os.linux Max <nospam@notvalid.com>:
]>> I'm having problems deleting and overwriting files on linux. I'm trying
]>> to
]>> modify templates in a PHP application on the live server. Even when I set
]>> to
]>> 777, some files still give me permission denied and I cannot overwrite or
]>> delete them, even using the app provided by the hosting company. Is it
]>> possible the PHP app could be locking them (like Windows does)? How do I
]>> get
]>> around this without shutting down the app or the server?
]>
]> Try:
]>
]> man lsattr
]> man chattr
]>
]> Not uncommon, to prevent people from changing files in a shared
]> dir they shouldn't. If not, show us the output of 'mount'
]> concerning the file-system in question.
]>
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