Php.ini File & Chmod Problem

[hapless]

I have just upgraded my Joomla installation to latest version and need to edit the php.ini file but cant find it anywhere via ftp. This is a security issue and need to edit the globals line to secure the site. Where is the php.ini file and do I have access to it.??

Secondly I have installed modules in Joomla that work fine but I cannot change the ownership of them via CHMOD as these are installed automatically by the Joomla software and are shown as belonging to "nobody (99) - how do I change permissions on such files??

 

I appreciate that this is not a Joomla forum but the issue is related to cpanel etc etc and not Joomla itself. I have tried to change these files via cpanel but no joy.

 

thanks

 

Hapless

[TCH-Bruce]

I just answered the PHP part earlier today.

 

If "nobody" owns the files you need to open a ticket with the help desk to have the ownership changed before you can CHMOD any of them.

[hapless]

I just answered the PHP part earlier today.

 

If "nobody" owns the files you need to open a ticket with the help desk to have the ownership changed before you can CHMOD any of them.

 

Many Thanks - read the other posts and problem now solved as regards PHP security issue. Will raise support ticket for the other issue with CHMOD. Just out of interest - are there any plans by TCH to somehow allow us Joomla users the right to change ownership??

 

Regards

 

Mark J

[TCH-Thomas]

I can be wrong about this, but from what I understand it is not TCH, but more how joomla is constructed, that makes these ownership problems. Hopefully this is fixed when version 1.5 are released.

[Steve Scrimpshire]

I think it's more how php itself works. When not running as a cgi script, it runs as nobody, therefore any files it creates are owned by nobody. You could probably write a php script to delete or chmod those files.

Edited September 10, 2006 by Steve Scrimpshire