files and directories owned by the nobody account

**tch3** · April 15th, 2005, 10:25 AM

I've seen a couple of differnent installations of some packages from Fantastico which will create files and directories owned by the nobody account.

This is one example, I installed drupal and the $DRUPAL/files/pictures directory is owned by nobody and permissions are set to 700. This creates a problem; I uninstalled drupal and it left behind those directories and I am unable to delete them.

I have written support to assist me in getting rid of the no longer needed files/directories. However, I was curious is that ownership/permissions set absolutely necessary? Perhaps at the install, the directory ownership should be set to the account holder and make those permissions 1777 instead? Or maybe there should be a tool somewhere we can run to reset those permissions so we can remove the files as needed.

Clair

**Kickersny.com** · April 15th, 2005, 11:19 AM

[php]
<?php
rmdir( './dirname/' );
?>

**tch3** · April 15th, 2005, 11:32 AM

Thanks, that worked like a charm. I have no idea if there were any files in the directory. Will that work if the directory's not empty?

Clair

**Kickersny.com** · April 15th, 2005, 11:53 AM

PHP Code:


			
<?php

function delDir($dirName) {

   if(empty($dirName)) {

       return true;

   }

   if(file_exists($dirName)) {

       $dir = dir($dirName);

       while($file = $dir->read()) {

           if($file != '.' && $file != '..') {

               if(is_dir($dirName.'/'.$file)) {

                   delDir($dirName.'/'.$file);

               } else {

                   @unlink($dirName.'/'.$file) or die('File '.$dirName.'/'.$file.' couldn\'t be deleted!');

               }

           }

       }

       $dir->close();

       @rmdir($dirName) or die('Folder '.$dirName.' couldn\'t be deleted!');

   } else {

       return false;

   }

   return true;

}

?>

no, but that will.

**tch3** · April 15th, 2005, 12:07 PM

Great! Thanks!

Now, I hate to be a totally dummy ( I know less than nothing about php. ), but where do I feed this script the directory name to be removed?

Clair

April 15th, 2005, 10:25 AM	#1 (permalink)
tch3 Destroyer of Evil Robots Excelling Contributor Joined in Oct 2003 Lives in Atlanta, GA 760 posts Gave thanks: 17 Thanked 9 times	files and directories owned by the nobody account I've seen a couple of differnent installations of some packages from Fantastico which will create files and directories owned by the nobody account. This is one example, I installed drupal and the $DRUPAL/files/pictures directory is owned by nobody and permissions are set to 700. This creates a problem; I uninstalled drupal and it left behind those directories and I am unable to delete them. I have written support to assist me in getting rid of the no longer needed files/directories. However, I was curious is that ownership/permissions set absolutely necessary? Perhaps at the install, the directory ownership should be set to the account holder and make those permissions 1777 instead? Or maybe there should be a tool somewhere we can run to reset those permissions so we can remove the files as needed. Clair

April 15th, 2005, 11:19 AM	#2 (permalink)
Kickersny.com Surpass Fan Super #1 Joined in Aug 2004 Hosted on SH58 1,688 posts Gave thanks: 6 Thanked 7 times	[php] <?php rmdir( './dirname/' ); ?> __________________ - Evan Charlton \| [site] \| Server - SH58

April 15th, 2005, 11:53 AM	#4 (permalink)
Kickersny.com Surpass Fan Super #1 Joined in Aug 2004 Hosted on SH58 1,688 posts Gave thanks: 6 Thanked 7 times	PHP Code: <?php function delDir($dirName) { if(empty($dirName)) { return true; } if(file_exists($dirName)) { $dir = dir($dirName); while($file = $dir->read()) { if($file != '.' && $file != '..') { if(is_dir($dirName.'/'.$file)) { delDir($dirName.'/'.$file); } else { @unlink($dirName.'/'.$file) or die('File '.$dirName.'/'.$file.' couldn\'t be deleted!'); } } } $dir->close(); @rmdir($dirName) or die('Folder '.$dirName.' couldn\'t be deleted!'); } else { return false; } return true; } ?> no, but that will. __________________ - Evan Charlton \| [site] \| Server - SH58

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April 15th, 2005, 11:32 AM	#3 (permalink)
tch3 Destroyer of Evil Robots Excelling Contributor Joined in Oct 2003 Lives in Atlanta, GA 760 posts Gave thanks: 17 Thanked 9 times	Thanks, that worked like a charm. I have no idea if there were any files in the directory. Will that work if the directory's not empty? Clair

April 15th, 2005, 12:07 PM	#5 (permalink)
tch3 Destroyer of Evil Robots Excelling Contributor Joined in Oct 2003 Lives in Atlanta, GA 760 posts Gave thanks: 17 Thanked 9 times	Great! Thanks! Now, I hate to be a totally dummy ( I know less than nothing about php. ), but where do I feed this script the directory name to be removed? Clair

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