The general consensus was using system level groups. To me that's a great idea. I just hate having to deal with the whining of my user.
The system is used only by two people, myself, and a friend (someone I trust.) It uses pre-built php CMS such as Xoops, phpnuke, and postnuke. So, they need write access to the directories for a short time. (Some of the scripts are installed via a install.php file that is removed after its use.)
I am going to try the group idea and see how that goes with the whining user.
thanks! eric
On Thursday 16 December 2004 02:23 pm, Roy W. Erickson wrote:
Eric,
What was the general consesus on your posting listed below? I have the same question...
Thanks,
Roy
On Fri, 2004-11-19 at 06:31, Eric Wagar wrote:
I have an Apache web server with a few virtual hosts. The ftp is handled by proftpd, and I have multiple users defined. These users have their own uid and gid. The problem comes when Apache is uid apache and need to write to the said directory.
I am wondering what other people have done to deal with this. Do people just set all the ftp users uid/gid to the same as the Apache uid/gid on the system? Obviously this would be an ok solution because apache uid/gid != root.
What are the other ways you guys have dealth with this?
Thanks eric