reproduce similar webserver as webhosting companies

[Rafnews]

Hi,

i have a web server running on fedora. This web server is only for 
applicatons testing purposes.
when i installed apache 2.4 it automatically create a group and an user 
apache.

All files/folder that are under /publi_html should have apache as 
user/group permissions.

This webserver runs in virtual machine and has its own IP address.
now i need to reach this webserver from a windows workstation and 
edit/add/delete files and folders from the public_html directory.
i can not use my default user account as this account can just read 
files but can't edit/delete or add files/folder as standard permissions 
are 644 for files and 705 for folders.

i was thinking to perfom all actions (delte/move/edit...) in this 
public_html directory under apache account, but as apache account was 
installed automatically i do not have the password.

So what is the default password for apache user account ?

I guess there is better solution as on webhosting servers, you do not 
have apache user account, but a different one.
so please, could you tell me how webhosting companies manage that (in 
order to reproduce a very similar way at home) ?
thx.

[Reindl Harald]

Am 13.06.2013 13:38, schrieb Rafnews:
> i was thinking to perfom all actions (delte/move/edit...) in this public_html directory under apache account, but
> as apache account was installed automatically i do not have the password.
>
> So what is the default password for apache user account?

you must not login with a *service* account

add your user to the apache group and give the files permission which
allows the group apache read/write

[Tim]

Allegedly, on or about 13 June 2013, Rafnews sent:
> when i installed apache 2.4 it automatically create a group and an
> user apache.

So it doesn't run as root...
> All files/folder that are under /publi_html should have apache as 
> user/group permissions.

No, serveable files should not be owned by apache, that would allow the
outside world read/write access when they should only have read access.
The normal way to serve files is to have them owned by the author, with
world-readable file attributes.
> So what is the default password for apache user account ?

There is none.  It's not an account that can log-on.  The server
runs /as/ the apache user, so it has low privileges.

[lee]

Rafnews  writes:
> Hi,
>
> i have a web server running on fedora.
> [...]
> All files/folder that are under /publi_html should have apache as
> user/group permissions.

I wouldn't put such files onto the root partition but rather into a
directory like /var/www/html/testing.
> This webserver runs in virtual machine and has its own IP address.
> now i need to reach this webserver from a windows workstation and
> edit/add/delete files and folders from the public_html directory.

You could do this through ftp access (see vsftpd and filezilla) or
perhaps with rsync.

There are probably some php scripts that implement some sort of file
manager that has a web interface.

[Bill Davidsen]

Rafnews wrote:
> Hi,
>
> i have a web server running on fedora. This web server is only for applicatons
> testing purposes.
> when i installed apache 2.4 it automatically create a group and an user apache.
>
> All files/folder that are under /publi_html should have apache as user/group
> permissions.
>
> This webserver runs in virtual machine and has its own IP address.
> now i need to reach this webserver from a windows workstation and
> edit/add/delete files and folders from the public_html directory.
> i can not use my default user account as this account can just read files but
> can't edit/delete or add files/folder as standard permissions are 644 for files
> and 705 for folders.
>
> i was thinking to perfom all actions (delte/move/edit...) in this public_html
> directory under apache account, but as apache account was installed
> automatically i do not have the password.
>
> So what is the default password for apache user account ?
>
> I guess there is better solution as on webhosting servers, you do not have
> apache user account, but a different one.
> so please, could you tell me how webhosting companies manage that (in order to
> reproduce a very similar way at home) ?
> thx.

Why are you putting things in the public_HTML directory, which is normally where 
normal unprivileged uses put things as themselves? All my default web servers 
run stuff out of /var/www and you can put virtual hosts in /var/www/xxx where 
xxx is the base directory for the virtual domain you describe in conf.d/xxx 
file. I have many non-profits I host for free doing just that.