Re: Directory Permissions

777 is unsafe for a web folder.  The reason you needed 777 to work is
apache is running as a different user AND group than the upload folder
is owned by.  Check your httpd.conf/apache2.conf for the "User" and
"Group" option to see which user apache is trying to use (sometimes
it's www-data, sometimes nobody).  If it's ubuntu/debian you'll see
this option in /etc/apache2/envvars .
After you've determined what user the web server is running as, take a
look at the upload folder's ownership by using ls to look at the parent
folder.  For example if your upload folder is
/var/www/html/xcart/upload  you would use:

ls -l   /var/www/html/xcart

and in that listing you'll see the username and group that owns  the
upload folder.   It may be root, or another user (ftp).  To change the
directory owner, use:

chown www-data /var/www/html/xcart/upload

only if www-data is the user that apache is running as.  To change the
group (preffered) use:

chgrp  www-data /var/www/html/xcart/upload

only if www-data is the group that apache is running as.   You can
remove the public write access with:

chmod 770 /var/www/html/xcart/upload


This should allow you to upload files from the admin interface, even
with php safe mode on.





Mike Hoy wrote:

Thanks,

First I tried chmod 775, but turns out it still needed public write so
I gave it chmod 777 and it worked fine. Is it safe to have an image
directory for a website 777?



On Mon, Dec 1, 2008 at 1:31 PM, Stephen <cryptworks@gmail.com> wrote:


you are on the right track, however i would do a man chmod just to get
a feel. you may need to add group permissions.

On Mon, Dec 1, 2008 at 1:28 PM, Mike Hoy <mhoy06@gmail.com> wrote:


I'm pretty new at Linux still and I am confused about directory
permissions. I'm trying to upload products to our website here at work
(Linux Server Cent OS). It says a certain directory lacks write
permissions.

I wanted to see what the permissions were on it so I did a ls -l, but
that shows the contents of the directory (and it's huge, full of
images).

Then I want to give write access to that directory. Is it CHMOD that I
need to use here?

Any feedback appreciated. Gotta get these products uploaded and fast!

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