chmod 0666, file.txt;    #tried this way
system("chmod 666 file.txt");      #and this way

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Did you check the return value and log the error message?

chmod 0666, $file or die "chmod failed on '$file': $!";

Note that you really shouldn't depend on your current working directory being anywhere in particular (unless you do a chdir yourself)? Better to use a fully qualified path.

You might also want to see if your ISP will support something like Apache's suEXEC so that your scripts will run under your UID.

If you must use very lax permissions like 666, consider turning off group and world read permission on your home directory (or at least on the directory containing your data files) to help hide its contents. You only need the execute bits enabled to allow the web server to traverse the directory.

In reply to Re: create file - permission problems by mla
in thread create file - permission problems by emilford

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