Make sure your CF user that runs the cf server is in the gropu that your webserver is in because you need to have permissions for CF server & webserver so make perms 770
770=USER FULL/GROUP FULL/ELSE NONE Bill Wheatley Senior Database Developer Macromedia Certified Advanced Coldfusion Developer EDIETS.COM 954.360.9022 X159 ICQ 417645 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brian Panulla" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Linux" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, July 03, 2002 12:07 PM Subject: Directory permissions for file UL/DL on Linux > Has anyone implemented a File Library (using CFFILE to upload, CFCONTENT to > serve) using CF on Linux? I have an existing app built (and working > properly) on Windows that I'm trying to deploy on a RedHat 7.2 Linux box > (CF5, Apache). I can't get the permissions on the directory and files to be > something that I'm happy with. > > I store uploaded files in a directory off the site's Web root and control > access to them with the CF app. My file library directory is owned by the > coldfusion user (mode 700). > > I thought these permissions would be appropriate to keep casual users out > of the file library, but for some reason, the CFCONTENT tag throws a Unix > Error 13 (file operation not permitted, basically) until I change the File > lib directory mode to be readable by the Apache user. > > Why would the CF server be able to write to that directory, but not be able > to read files from it using CFCONTENT? Is the CFContent tag somehow passing > just a file reference to Apache and saying "Here... give 'em this file" > rather than loading the file into memory and passing the file *contents* back? > > I'm stumped. Any ideas? > > -B > > > > > > _____ > Brian Panulla [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Chief Information Officer 814.238.6680 > Elmwood Media Group www.elmwoodmedia.com > > ______________________________________________________________________ This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-linux%40houseoffusion.com/ To Unsubscribe visit http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists&body=lists/cf_linux or send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with 'unsubscribe' in the body.
