Date: Tue, 3 Apr 2007 05:36:14 -0500 From: Eric Crist <mnslinky@gmail.com> To: Gregory Houston <gregory.houston@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: WWW as File and Directory Owner rather than User Message-ID: <61B4A167-D2E6-4CF9-A733-82B7A4BB3B36@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <29ae901a0704030201j68c8b2fft3f929b9017d9c3cd@mail.gmail.com> References: <29ae901a0704030201j68c8b2fft3f929b9017d9c3cd@mail.gmail.com>
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On Apr 3, 2007, at 4:01 AM, Gregory Houston wrote: > Should WWW be able to be the owner? If not, how do I take its > privileges > away? Root is listed as a user in MySQL, as well as myself, but WWW > is not. > > Now I am afraid to create any new WordPress entries because I don't > know if > all my apps are going to start creating files with WWW as the owner > rather > than me. Greg, the www user/group is fairly standard, as it's usually the unprivileged user that the web server software is run as. The www user/group is on the FreeBSD system itself, not the MySQL instance. Any time a php script creates, edits, or removes a file, it's going to typically be done with the www user/group. One solution would be to ask your friend to make you a member of the www group, which should allow you to modify/delete any files that the scripts create. A better solution would be to setuid on the directory, and give www temporary write access when you need to perform an installation such that you just experienced. HTH ----- Eric F Crist Secure Computing Networks
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