File Creation

hi

I am writing a script which creates a text file on the server dependant upon user input , if i run the script from the command line it works fine , however when i run the script via a web browser , the file is not created , why is this ? is it something to do with permissions ?

waseem

hi walshs,
i think u need to provide some more details.

yeah there may be permission problem coz when u run the script on the command line it runs as the user u r logged in as. but when its called by browser it is executed as the user the webserver is running as and it may not that enough permission.

but i think if u can highlight ur code it would be more easy to spot the problem and find the solution.

btw u said u want some text file to be created depending upon user input ..so how u r passing that userinput using command line ??

overall, give some more details plz.
jd

Yeah if you want to write a file from a CGI scirpt you need to set the directory it writes to as world-readable (777)