linux permissions

xaitmi

Hi.

This is the contents of

**var --> www --> html
**
(I had to use --> because cloudflare kept blocking me from posting if i used / )

drwxrwxr-x 4 apache apache   4096 Apr 12 15:41 .

drwxr-xr-x 6 root   root     4096 Mar 22 15:04 ..

drwxrwxr-x 2 apache apache   4096 Apr 12 15:05 configs

-rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache  11916 Apr 12 15:41 configs.zip

-rw-rw-r-- 1 apache apache      6 Apr 11 20:09 index.php

drwxrwxr-x 2 apache apache   4096 Apr 12 15:41 tools

I have a user, let's call it george.

George's home directory is

var --> www --> html--> configs

I need george to be able to write files to his home directory.

How can I make sure that both george and apache have write permissions to that directory?

finger george
Login: george                   Name: 
Directory: var-->www-->html-->configs-->    Shell: -->bin-->bash

exception0x876

Add user george to group apache

gpasswd -a george apache

Or you can add another group called 'config_write', then do

chown apache:config_write your_directory

and add both apache and george to config_write group

xaitmi

@exception0x876 said:
Add user george to group apache

gpasswd -a george apache

gpasswd did the trick Thanks!

Falzo

@xaitmi said:
@exception0x876 said:

the second way should be the only one choosen, because you would not want george to be able to read and maybe write everything that apache (group) is allowed to, would you?

exception0x876

@Falzo said:
the second way should be the only one choosen, because you would not want george to be able to read and maybe write everything that apache (group) is allowed to, would you?

I wouldn't, but maybe @xaitmi would.

seanho

You could also apply user/group permissions: e.g., make configs owned (and writable) by george but writable by the apache group:

chown -R george.apache configs
chmod -R g+rwx configs

Something like that. I'm not sure it's a good idea to put george's home directory under var-www; better just to make the config directory accessible to him.