[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 15:36:05 +0200

Think that's what my friend has done now, but, issue is that since I am, to a 
certain extent changing directory structure, by adding folders later on 
programmatically, it seems like the parent folder's permissions aren't being 
carried over to them, or something, so think my friend has, for now set whole 
site to allow certain levels, but, let's see.

Other issue with .htaccess files, by the way, is windows7 won't let/allow you 
to do much with them - before you can edit them for upload to server, or before 
downloading them off server it seems you need to make a copy of them with a 
name something like _htaccess, and then download them, edit them and then 
re-upload, and rename them - not sure why, but, while windows7 instance of 
XAMPP doesn't use them as far as I know, it has an issue with a file even 
having that name as such...<smile>

In windows explorer, tell it to create a new text file, and try rename it to 
.htaccess, and windows7 will just tell you that "you must type a file name".

Stay well

Jacob Kruger
Blind Biker
Skype: BlindZA
'...fate had broken his body, but not his spirit...'

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: David Reynolds 
  To: program-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
  Sent: Tuesday, September 03, 2013 3:05 PM
  Subject: [program-l] Re: Apache/linux server dynamically changing file/folder 
permissions?


  Jacob,

   

  Off the top of my head, can't you make the change permanent using the 
.htaccess file?

   

  Best regards,

   

  David.

   

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  P: 01628 529218

  M: 07548689154

  From: program-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:program-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] 
On Behalf Of Homme, James
  Sent: 03 September 2013 13:22
  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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