CentOS - Mar 2008 - Deleting file in /tmp directory

Hi,

This is a bit of-topic, but since it has to do with /tmp permissions
here it goes.
Anyway, I'm sorry in advance for posting this.

I have this PHP script (simplificated here), called delete_tmp.php
that basically calls external commands:

<?php

$session_file = '/tmp/sess_89765'

system(''rm -f' . ' ' . $session_file);

?>

delete_tmp.php file is owned by gamito.users

/tmp/sess_89765 file has permissions -rw------ and is owned by gamito.users

My /tmp permissions are rwxrwxrwt and is owned by root.root

I know that the the sticky bit only allows files to be deleted by
their owners, the owner of the directory or by root.

Never the less, i can switch to /tmp directory and delete sess_89765
file as user gamito.

If I run:
$ php delete_tmp.php

as root, it deletes sess_89765 file.

But if I do the same has user gamito, it doesn't delete the file !!!

Ideas ?

Any help would be appreciated.

Warm Regards,
M?rio Gamito

M?rio Gamito wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> This is a bit of-topic, but since it has to do with /tmp permissions
> here it goes.
> Anyway, I'm sorry in advance for posting this.
> 
> I have this PHP script (simplificated here), called delete_tmp.php
> that basically calls external commands:
> 
> <?php
> 
> $session_file = '/tmp/sess_89765'
> 
> system(''rm -f' . ' ' . $session_file);
> 
> ?>
> 
> delete_tmp.php file is owned by gamito.users
> 
> /tmp/sess_89765 file has permissions -rw------ and is owned by gamito.users
> 
> My /tmp permissions are rwxrwxrwt and is owned by root.root
> 
> I know that the the sticky bit only allows files to be deleted by
> their owners, the owner of the directory or by root.
> 
> Never the less, i can switch to /tmp directory and delete sess_89765
> file as user gamito.
> 
> If I run:
> $ php delete_tmp.php
> 
> as root, it deletes sess_89765 file.
> 
> But if I do the same has user gamito, it doesn't delete the file !!!
> 
> Ideas ?
PHP, being run from the web interface, is run as whatever ID
Apache is run as. Apache is not user gamito. On a file with
-rw------ permission users in the group will not be allowed to
delete the file.

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