CHMOD an imported file list?

[SteveD]

I am trying to chmod a huge list of files. I have my script setup right now so that it will import a .txt file that contains the patchs for all of the files.

I can use fopen to open the file and gather the list of file paths to be modified, but I can't figure out how to chmod a file. ftp_chmod is only in php5, and i'm running the latest stable version of php4.

I have tried

Code:

chmod($filename, $chmod);

to chmod the specific filename to the set chmod code, but it gives an error:

chmod(): Operation not permitted in...

Any pointers?

[VGR]

chmod() IS the only way... And your user doesn't have enough privileges to perform the operation !

Remember your script runs "as" some unix user, the webserver's one. Run phpinfo() to know which one ("apache" section) this is in the worst case nobody/nobody. If it is the case, you're stuck. If it's a different user, try to give him higher privileges and run the server. This can become dangerous nevertheless...

You may try to change file ownership first though.