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Re: File Permissions

Posted by theGerm on 03/29/07 14:35

On Mar 29, 10:24 am, Jerry Stuckle <jstuck...@attglobal.net> wrote:
> theGerm wrote:
> > I am trying to get a script to modify a file on my linux system. The
> > file is located in /etc/squid
>
> > 6997741 12 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 8458 Mar 29 08:05 sites
>
> > I found a script that will open the file in a text field and I can add
> > a new entry at the bottom. However when I try to write the file I get
> > a error.
>
> > To test I did a chmod 777 on the sites file and my php script worked
> > fine. But I am not suppose to leave this file with this type of
> > premissions.
>
> > What is the best thing to do to resolve this?
>
> Your problem is the file is not owned by the webserver's userid.
>
> Changing permissions to 777 is dangerous, as you well know. It's much
> better to change the owner to the webserver's userid and allow only the
> webserver to access it. A secondary option would be to put the
> webserver's userid in the group that owns the file, but that's not as
> secure.
>
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> Jerry Stuckle
> JDS Computer Training Corp.
> jstuck...@attglobal.net
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Thank you Jerry. By changing the owner to apache I was able to write.

 

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