Date: Tue, 21 Sep 1999 16:37:54 -0700 (PDT) From: Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net> To: Langa Kentane <evablunted@earthling.net> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Apache server problems with file ownership: reinstall?? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9909211611100.6368-100000@fw.wintelcom.net> In-Reply-To: <000401bf047e$b13404f0$3ba8ef9b@sunnet.co.za>
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> ----- Original Message ----- > From: Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net> > To: Langa Kentane <evablunted@earthling.net> > Sent: Tuesday, September 21, 1999 9:52 PM > Subject: Re: Apache server problems with file ownership: reinstall?? > > > > > > On Tue, 21 Sep 1999, Langa Kentane wrote: > > > > > Hi y'all > > > The ownership & permission for the documents directory for apache. > What > > > should they be set to. I was messing around with them and changed them > to > > > something else. Now I cannot get into my web site. How do I fix this > up. > > > Do I just reinstall apache. Will this fix things up. Do I delete them > > > directories and reinstall everything? Will this help. Will it not > > > overwrite my httpd.conf when I reinstall. > > > > I think you need to pick up a sysadmin book or at least consult > > the online documentation. > > > > man chmod > > On Tue, 21 Sep 1999, Langa Kentane wrote: > I do know how to use chmod, and do have a sys admin book from o'reillys. > The only problem is that I do now know what do set the permissions to to > have my apache working as it was before I changed them in the first place. I'm reposting to the list so people who wonder can understand this: A webserver traditionally runs as the user 'nobody', this means that for the webserver to be able to access any directories all the directories above it need to at least be executable or readable by everyone. That means that if your webserver wants to use /usr/local/www/* you should make sure that /usr ,/usr/local and /usr/local/www all have the execute bits set: chmod o+x /usr /usr/local /usr/local/www any files that the webserver will want to be able to open (to serve them to clients) need to be readable by 'others' as well: chmod o+r file1 files2 etc... any directory that the webserver will want to give a directory listing of needs to also have the 'read' bit set as well as the 'execute': chmod o+rw directory... hope this helps, -Alfred Perlstein - [bright@rush.net|alfred@freebsd.org] Wintelcom systems administrator and programmer - http://www.wintelcom.net/ [bright@wintelcom.net] To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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