[program-l] Re: Apache/linux server dynamically changing file/folder permissions?
- From: "Jacob Kruger" <jacob@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <program-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 3 Sep 2013 16:49:56 +0200
1. ?SE?
2. document_root is /var/www/domainname.co.za/web
(changed domain name since server isn't currently public yet)
3. Think it's default - or specified in .ini file
And, server_root is: /etc/apache2
Jacob Kruger
Blind Biker
Skype: BlindZA
'...fate had broken his body, but not his spirit...'
----- Original Message -----
From: Andy B.
To: program-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Tuesday, September 03, 2013 4:16 PM
Subject: [program-l] Re: Apache/linux server dynamically changing file/folder
permissions?
1. Is SE turned on?
2. Where are you keeping the website files for apache?
3. How did you tell apache to find these files (if it is different from
the default)?
From: program-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:program-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of Jacob Kruger
Sent: Tuesday, September 3, 2013 10:11 AM
To: program-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [program-l] Re: Apache/linux server dynamically changing file/folder
permissions?
Yup - think apache's user instance is www-data, but, issue isn't that
apache/PHP can't do things with these files, but that it's deciding that public
access to them is something other than I thought it was/set it to - I will tell
apache, via PHP chmod() function to assign 776 permissions to a file, and, then
next time anyone tries to retrieve a file, it's decided that you're only
allowed to either change, or execute a file, but, not just retrieve/read it, or
something.
Unless I'm completely misunderstanding the whole implementation of file
permission application channels, but, still doesn't make sense to me that the
permissions seem to change inbetween requests, etc.
Stay well
Stay well
Jacob Kruger
Blind Biker
Skype: BlindZA
'...fate had broken his body, but not his spirit...'
----- Original Message -----
From: Andy B.
To: program-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Tuesday, September 03, 2013 4:02 PM
Subject: [program-l] Re: Apache/linux server dynamically changing
file/folder permissions?
Probably www-data.
From: program-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:program-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jacob Kruger
Sent: Tuesday, September 3, 2013 9:58 AM
To: program-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [program-l] Re: Apache/linux server dynamically changing
file/folder permissions?
From phpinfo() - just pulled some of info off page rendering it:
linux 2.6.32-5-amd64 #1 SMP Sun May 6 04:00:17 UTC 2012 x86_64
Apache 2.0 Handler
Virtual Directory Support disabled
PHP Version 5.3.3-7+squeeze16
Jacob Kruger
Blind Biker
Skype: BlindZA
'...fate had broken his body, but not his spirit...'
----- Original Message -----
From: Andy B.
To: program-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Tuesday, September 03, 2013 3:12 PM
Subject: [program-l] Re: Apache/linux server dynamically changing
file/folder permissions?
It depends on the linux distro as to the apache user. On most distros it
is nobody, fedora it is apache, and Ubuntu it is www-data. It all depends on
the apache package maintainer.
From: program-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:program-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Homme, James
Sent: Tuesday, September 3, 2013 8:22 AM
To: program-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [program-l] Re: Apache/linux server dynamically changing
file/folder permissions?
Hi Jacob,
My memory tells me that Apache runs as a user called nobody. That user
has very little permissions. That is for security reasons. I'm not sure what
the best solution for this is in your scase.
Thanks.
Jim
From: program-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:program-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jacob Kruger
Sent: Saturday, August 31, 2013 7:09 PM
To: Program-l
Subject: [program-l] Apache/linux server dynamically changing file/folder
permissions?
Just posting this here in case someone has an idea about how to 'fix'
this/work around it - since haven't managed to find anything via 'net, or other
PHP specific mailing lists as of yet.
In that small/simple content-management-system posted about other day,
issue seems to be that while am continually/consistently setting output file
and folder permissions to 0776 - owner and group rwx, and public rw - for now -
using PHP's chmod() function, before and after trying to copy/generate any
output content for it, the server seems to be
consistently/dynamically/immediately resetting the permissions to something
slightly different, which won't let me then view/browse all the content.
Silly/simple example is that I will handle image file upload, and copy
uploaded image to a folder in a script, but, sort of immediately, that image,
and the folder it's in, and that one's parent folder are
invisible/unavailable/inaccessible.
Before I then run a sort of recursive script to again reset all content
permissions, I can't even browse the content via FTP interface - for example.
When generating output/static content, I am also then
consistently/continually resetting path permissions just before/after creating
folders and files, if necessary, and that seems to work, some of the time, but,
not for everything.
Am going to try it out on another server, just to try figure/find out if
it's a specific issue for this server/part of file structure, or something,
but, bit irritating thus far...<smile>
Stay well
Jacob Kruger
Blind Biker
Skype: BlindZA
'...fate had broken his body, but not his spirit...'
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