Subject: Re: Apache and permissions
From: Zach Marano (list@hernect.dhs.org)
Date: Sun Nov 26 2000 - 22:50:27 MST
Still no luck. Even after setting those permissions. How does this thing
work!
> From: <chris@music.mcgill.ca>
> Reply-To: yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com
> Date: Sun, 26 Nov 2000 21:07:02 -0800
> To: Yellow Dog List <yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com>
> Subject: Re: Apache and permissions
>
> On Sun, 26 Nov 2000, Zach Marano wrote:
>> I was going to ask the same question? Is it "nobody"?
>>
>>> From: Philip Good <phil@go2taichi.com>
>>> Who is the owner and what are the permissions for the
>>>
>>> /home/httpd/html directory and the files in this directory?
>
> The owner can be anybody (often it is root). In most instances, the web
> server runs as an unprivilidged user (often 'nobody' or 'www' - 'www' is a
> better choice). The server doesn't need to have write permissions to serve
> web pages, but must have read access. Therefore, the pages should be
> world readable. So the permission should be 755 on the folder 'html' and
> 644 on any non-executable files. This should allow your web server todish
> out the pages regardless of what user it runs as.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Chris
>
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