/tmp/directory

[Tedd Sperling]

Hi gang:

I should know this, but I don't.

Where is the /tmp/ directory?

You see, I have a client where his host has apparently changed the /tmp/ directory permissions such that old php/mysql scripts cannot write to the /tmp/ directory anymore -- they did at one time.

So, how do I fix it?

Cheers,

tedd

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[Tedd Sperling]

Post by Tedd Sperling
I should know this, but I don't.
Where is the /tmp/ directory?
You see, I have a client where his host has apparently changed the /tmp/ directory permissions such that old php/mysql scripts cannot write to the /tmp/ directory anymore -- they did at one time.
So, how do I fix it?
Cheers,
tedd

Let me add -- the PHP version I am working with is 4.3.10.

I know...

tedd

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Post by Tedd Sperling

Post by Tedd Sperling
I should know this, but I don't.
Where is the /tmp/ directory?
You see, I have a client where his host has apparently changed

the /tmp/ directory permissions such that old php/mysql scripts
cannot write to the /tmp/ directory anymore -- they did at one time.

Post by Tedd Sperling
So, how do I fix it?
Cheers,
tedd

Let me add -- the PHP version I am working with is 4.3.10.
I know...
tedd

The version of PHP should have nothing to do with this problem.

The /tmp directory should be writable by everyone. If it's not, you
need to talk to the hosting company support people.

Ken

[Larry Martell]

Post by Tedd Sperling

Post by Tedd Sperling
I should know this, but I don't.
Where is the /tmp/ directory?
You see, I have a client where his host has apparently changed the /tmp/ directory permissions such that old php/mysql scripts cannot write to the /tmp/ directory anymore -- they did at one time.
So, how do I fix it?
Cheers,
tedd

Let me add -- the PHP version I am working with is 4.3.10.
I know...

df /tmp should show you where it's mounted.

[Larry Martell]

On Mon, Jul 22, 2013 at 9:59 AM, Larry Martell

Post by Larry Martell

Post by Tedd Sperling

Post by Tedd Sperling
I should know this, but I don't.
Where is the /tmp/ directory?
You see, I have a client where his host has apparently changed the /tmp/ directory permissions such that old php/mysql scripts cannot write to the /tmp/ directory anymore -- they did at one time.
So, how do I fix it?
Cheers,
tedd

Let me add -- the PHP version I am working with is 4.3.10.
I know...

df /tmp should show you where it's mounted.

And sys_get_temp_dir() will tell you the path.

# php
<?
print sys_get_temp_dir()
?>

/tmp

[Tedd Sperling]

Post by Larry Martell
On Mon, Jul 22, 2013 at 9:59 AM, Larry Martell

Post by Larry Martell

Post by Tedd Sperling

Post by Tedd Sperling
I should know this, but I don't.
Where is the /tmp/ directory?

Let me add -- the PHP version I am working with is 4.3.10.
I know...

df /tmp should show you where it's mounted.

And sys_get_temp_dir() will tell you the path.
# php
<?
print sys_get_temp_dir()
?>

One might think that -- but no.

The version is dated.

tedd


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Post by Tedd Sperling
I should know this, but I don't.
Where is the /tmp/ directory?
You see, I have a client where his host has apparently changed the /tmp/ directory permissions such that old php/mysql scripts cannot write to the /tmp/ directory anymore -- they did at one time.
So, how do I fix it?
Cheers,
tedd
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This is one of those questions I look at sideways and think "they did WHAAAA???"

Anyway, /tmp is under / on most linux systems, /private/tmp sometimes; I've encountered one system where it linked to /var/tmp, too. Try:

$ /bin/ls -ld /tmp

and see what it shows. -l is long listing, which will show permissions, if it's symlinked, etc. -d will treat /tmp as a file rather than as a directory (which would show the contents of /tmp).

Hopefully, they didn't delete the /tmp directory; but if they had, *many* things would probably stop working….

[Matijn Woudt]

Post by Tedd Sperling
I should know this, but I don't.
Where is the /tmp/ directory?
You see, I have a client where his host has apparently changed the /tmp/
directory permissions such that old php/mysql scripts cannot write to the
/tmp/ directory anymore -- they did at one time.
So, how do I fix it?
Cheers,
tedd

Switch host? /tmp is required by the FHS and POSIX standards (writable for
any user), any host changing that should have no customers.

- Matijn

[Tedd Sperling]

Post by Matijn Woudt

Post by Tedd Sperling
I should know this, but I don't.
Where is the /tmp/ directory?
You see, I have a client where his host has apparently changed the /tmp/
directory permissions such that old php/mysql scripts cannot write to the
/tmp/ directory anymore -- they did at one time.
So, how do I fix it?
Cheers,
tedd

Switch host? /tmp is required by the FHS and POSIX standards (writable for
any user), any host changing that should have no customers.
- Matijn

Good point -- we will add that reason to the many other reasons why we are changing host.

Keep in mind, the installed software worked for nearly a decade and now the host has changed something that caused this error, but the current host doesn't seem to know what happened.

Cheers,

tedd

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Post by Tedd Sperling

Post by Matijn Woudt

Post by Tedd Sperling
I should know this, but I don't.
Where is the /tmp/ directory?
You see, I have a client where his host has apparently changed the /tmp/
directory permissions such that old php/mysql scripts cannot write to the
/tmp/ directory anymore -- they did at one time.
So, how do I fix it?
Cheers,
tedd

Switch host? /tmp is required by the FHS and POSIX standards (writable for
any user), any host changing that should have no customers.
- Matijn

Good point -- we will add that reason to the many other reasons why we are changing host.
Keep in mind, the installed software worked for nearly a decade and now the host has changed something that caused this error, but the current host doesn't seem to know what happened.

If it's /tmp, it's /tmp. The leading slash indicates that it's in
the filesystem root. However, if it's just tmp, then it could - and
probably is - under the client's home directory. Unless they're
chrooted; then it could be displayed as /tmp, but would actually be
virtualized by the OS, where /tmp isn't really /tmp, but could be
/var/virtfs/user/tmp.

Confusing? Sure. Off-topic for the list? Sort of, but that's
easy enough to change.

Since you can't use get_sys_temp_dir() on 4.3.10, you should
instead see if $_ENV contains an array key for TMP, TMPDIR, or TEMP.
Or, if you'd rather, you can use getenv('TMP') and the like. It
doesn't mean that you'll get any useful information back (or anything
at all, necessarily), but it's another thing to try when using such an
antiquated version (I believe it was released at the end of 2004).

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[Tedd Sperling]

Post by Daniel Brown
If it's /tmp, it's /tmp. The leading slash indicates that it's in
the filesystem root. However, if it's just tmp, then it could - and
probably is - under the client's home directory. Unless they're
chrooted; then it could be displayed as /tmp, but would actually be
virtualized by the OS, where /tmp isn't really /tmp, but could be
/var/virtfs/user/tmp.
Confusing? Sure. Off-topic for the list? Sort of, but that's
easy enough to change.
Since you can't use get_sys_temp_dir() on 4.3.10, you should
instead see if $_ENV contains an array key for TMP, TMPDIR, or TEMP.
Or, if you'd rather, you can use getenv('TMP') and the like. It
doesn't mean that you'll get any useful information back (or anything
at all, necessarily), but it's another thing to try when using such an
antiquated version (I believe it was released at the end of 2004).

Thanks Daniel.

tedd


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