RE: File permissions on a file upload

Good stuff...thanks Ken.

> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: RE: File permissions on a file upload
> From: "Holder, Ken" <kkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Fri, September 09, 2005 11:39 am
> To: "'Midrange Systems Technical Discussion'" <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> 
> I attached a .txt file on IFS Authority consideration.  I think it
> might
> help answer your question and maybe even more.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Pete Helgren
> Sent: Friday, September 09, 2005 8:30 AM
> To: Midrange Mailing List
> Subject: File permissions on a file upload
> 
> 
> I  posted this on the WEB400 list yesterday but got no takers on an 
> answer.  Perhaps I can rephrase this so it is applicable to
> Midrange-L.
> 
> How do IFS file permissions get set? Below is my post to WEB400 where 
> files are uploaded to the IFS.  The application can list the file, 
> providing a link for the user to open the file, but when the file is 
> opened (or attempted to open) I get an access denied message.
> 
> Perhaps an idea on how to monitor for files placed in this folder and 
> then a program that grants READ permissions?  That seems a little 
> awkward but I guess that would be a possibility.
> 
> Don't files placed in an IFS folder "inherit" the folder permissions? 
> 
> Is there a way to do this?  The rest of the post is what was on
> WEB400:
> 
> Any idea how permissions can be set for files uploaded through a web 
> page to the IFS?
> 
> We are running PHP in PASE and the file gets created with the following
> 
> permissions:
> 
>              Data     --Object Authorities--
> User        Authority  Exist  Mgt  Alter  Ref
>                                            
> *PUBLIC     *NONE        X     X     X     X
> QTMHHTP1    *RW          X     X     X     X
> 
> If we change permissions to *PUBLIC *R then we can access the file.  
> There was a solution in the archives for Apache/Websphere but it
> doesn't 
> apply to a PHP server.
> 
> Any idea of how you could accomplish the change of permissions?  Since
> 
> *PUBLIC has *RW permissions on the folder I thought files copied to
> that 
> folder would inherit those permission but I guess I assumed too much.
> 
> Ideas?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Pete Helgren
> 
> 
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