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