Changing User/Group to allow PHP to chmod/rename and move_upload_file()

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Published on 2010-06-08T01:46:45Z Indexed on 2011/11/19 9:55 UTC
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It seems like I cannot do anything with my PHP script on my VPS.

It returns 'Permission denied' when I try to upload something to a directory.

Yes, I have changed the permission to 777, and it works, but I do not like the insecurity

When running the command:

ps axu|grep apache|grep -v grep

It returns

 nobody    7689  0.1  3.8  50604 20036 ?        S    21:38   0:00 /usr/local/apache/bin/httpd -k start -DSSL
root     13600  0.0  3.8  50304 20348 ?        Ss   Jun06   0:46 /usr/local/apache/bin/httpd -k start -DSSL
nobody   15733  0.1  3.8  50700 20156 ?        S    21:39   0:00 /usr/local/apache/bin/httpd -k start -DSSL
nobody   15818  0.1  3.8  51492 20180 ?        S    21:39   0:00 /usr/local/apache/bin/httpd -k start -DSSL
nobody   23843  0.1  3.7  51336 19592 ?        S    21:40   0:00 /usr/local/apache/bin/httpd -k start -DSSL
nobody   30335  0.0  3.5  50436 18496 ?        S    21:41   0:00 /usr/local/apache/bin/httpd -k start -DSSL
nobody   30406  0.0  3.5  50444 18544 ?        S    21:41   0:00 /usr/local/apache/bin/httpd -k start -DSSL
nobody   30407  0.0  3.5  50556 18696 ?        S    21:41   0:00 /usr/local/apache/bin/httpd -k start -DSSL
nobody   30472  0.0  3.6  50828 19348 ?        S    21:41   0:00 /usr/local/apache/bin/httpd -k start -DSSL
nobody   30474  0.0  3.5  50668 18868 ?        S    21:41   0:00 /usr/local/apache/bin/httpd -k start -DSSL
nobody   30476  0.0  3.6  50532 19064 ?        S    21:41   0:00 /usr/local/apache/bin/httpd -k start -DSSL
nobody   30501  0.0  3.8  50556 20080 ?        S    21:36   0:00 /usr/local/apache/bin/httpd -k start -DSSL
nobody   32341  0.0  3.5  50444 18492 ?        S    21:41   0:00 /usr/local/apache/bin/httpd -k start -DSSL
nobody   32370  0.0  3.5  50444 18476 ?        S    21:42   0:00 /usr/local/apache/bin/httpd -k start -DSSL
nobody   32414  0.1  3.7  51336 19524 ?        S    21:42   0:00 /usr/local/apache/bin/httpd -k start -DSSL
nobody   32416  0.1  3.5  50668 18816 ?        S    21:42   0:00 /usr/local/apache/bin/httpd -k start -DSSL
nobody   32457  0.1  3.6  50828 19320 ?        S    21:42   0:00 /usr/local/apache/bin/httpd -k start -DSSL
nobody   32458  0.1  3.6  50772 19276 ?        S    21:42   0:00 /usr/local/apache/bin/httpd -k start -DSSL
nobody   32459  0.0  3.5  50444 18504 ?        S    21:42   0:00 /usr/local/apache/bin/httpd -k start -DSSL
nobody   32460  0.2  3.6  50828 19320 ?        S    21:42   0:00 /usr/local/apache/bin/httpd -k start -DSSL
nobody   32463  0.0  3.5  50444 18472 ?        S    21:42   0:00 /usr/local/apache/bin/httpd -k start -DSSL
nobody   32466  0.0  3.4  50436 17960 ?        S    21:42   0:00 /usr/local/apache/bin/httpd -k start -DSSL

The owner of the directory is 'user [505]' and the group is 'user[508]' (as seen in WinSCP)

What can I do to change the Apache Handler to the right owner and group to allow my PHP scripts to work?

P.S

My PHP is not set to safe mode, and the open_basedir is set to no value

EDIT:

This is what my httpd.conf looks like (for the associative domain)

 <VirtualHost *:80>
ServerName domain.com
ServerAlias www.domain.com
DocumentRoot /home/domain/public_html
ServerAdmin info@domain
## User <theUsername> # Needed for Cpanel::ApacheConf
<IfModule mod_userdir.c>
    Userdir disabled
    Userdir enabled <userName>
</IfModule>
<IfModule mod_suphp.c>
    suPHP_UserGroup <userName> <userName>
</IfModule>
<IfModule !mod_disable_suexec.c>
    SuexecUserGroup <userName> <userName>
</IfModule>
CustomLog /usr/local/apache/domlogs/domain.com-bytes_log "%{%s}t %I .\n%{%s}t %O ."
CustomLog /usr/local/apache/domlogs/domain.com combined
ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/ /home/domain/public_html/cgi-bin/
#Options -ExecCGI -Includes
#RemoveHandler cgi-script .cgi .pl .plx .ppl .perl

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