you probably have to give user nobody.nobody permissions to the files you're backing up
DimaYasny 180 Godmode enabled Team Colleague Featured Poster
carobee 0 Posting Whiz in Training
i have given all permissions because i have used
chmod 0777 file/folder name
carobee 0 Posting Whiz in Training
can i do soemthing like login as root from php script and untar the file. if yes, what commands i have to use for logging in as root from php
DimaYasny 180 Godmode enabled Team Colleague Featured Poster
not so sure, try to chown, not just chmod.
and as for root under php... try sudo?
carobee 0 Posting Whiz in Training
will the command be something like
exec("sudo -u root /usr/trial/x.tar")
DimaYasny 180 Godmode enabled Team Colleague Featured Poster
just read man sudo (look for silent execution, no passwords asked) and add nobody to sudoers
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