having a file saving permissions problem from within a controller...
f = File.new("/home/path/to/I-A-files.txt", "w")
f.syswrite(output)
f.close
The error...
Errno::EACCES (Permission denied - /home/path/to/I-A-files.txt):
this file path is not within RAILS path but rather outside of it.
files saved without a path are clearly saved in the RAILS_ROOT directory
as user 'craig'
user 'craig' clearly has permissions to save files in that path
(actually, the path is an NFS mounted path but I don't see why that
should matter)
Obviously I am missing some bit of information that would tell me why
this fails.
TIA
Craig
how are you running rails? Through mongrel? Is your mongrel instance
running as user craig?
Mike
are you absolutely sure mongrel is running as you? have you tried
printing `whoami` from one of your controllers to see who your code is
executing as?
Good thought...I am just starting to tinker with backticks and executing
shell commands.
thus, in contoller code, flash[:notice] = `whoami`
just confirmed it is me, which I had to believe was the case since a
simple `ps aux |grep mongrel` also tells me the same thing.
The issue is somewhat confusing...
I am using various NFS mounts including my $HOME directory and I can
save files in that tree but not on other mounts. The curious thing is
that what works in script/console does not work in controller code so
I'm gathering that it has something to do with mongrel.
mongrel_cluster (1.0.2)
Mongrel plugin that provides commands and Capistrano tasks for
managing multiple Mongrel processes.
checking to see if there's an update but I don't hold out much hope for
it changing things
Craig
sort of solved anyway...I ended up making symbolic links from the target
directory into a directory inside my RAILS_ROOT path and I can now save
files, etc.
this is strange behavior...
Anyway, I wanted to leave tracks in case anyone follows down my path.
Craig
Maybe mongrel is running in a chroot jail? Have you checked what \ is
for it?
Doesn't seem to be a chroot jail because I can save files on the out of
the RAILS_ROOT tree but I had to symlink the NFS mount into my
RAILS_ROOT to simplify the matter...it worked. I don't know why and I
had to move on.
Craig
is your machine running SELinux? I've run into some very strange
behaviour on my server machine which runs Redhat with SELinux enabled.
Mike
On my development system, it's disabled
Craig
