We're running CF under SunOS. I'd have to check tomorrow to see if there is a start-up script. But, we've been starting it manually. I understand about permissions and umask and all somewhat. That's why I assumed it was some kind of permissions issue. One question though. The user account that starts CF is called, e.g., "foo". foo was placed in a group named "cfuser". The group "cfuser" has rwx permissions on that troublesome folder. There's also a user account that owns the troublesome folder. Its name is, oddly enough, "cfuser". So, if user "foo" is in the group "cfuser" and the group "cfuser" has rwx access on that folder, why can't files be uploaded there? Could there be some sort of confusion having the group and owner name the same? That's my guess.
drwxrwxr-x cfuser cfuser folderInQuestion > > > I checked the /etc/init.d folder and didn't see anything for CF8 > startup. > > My server is Open SuSE. Starup scripts can vary from distro to disrto. > > Just use the PS command and look for the CF process. That will tell > you > how it is running under. Did you install CF on this server? I > believe > the default user for Linux used to be "nobody". > > > Is there an XML file under the Jrun4 install that might contain the > user account I'm after? > > I doubt it. Jrun has nothing to do with the user running the process. > > That's like looking in "Program Files" under windows to find out what > a > service is running as. > > Do you understand how users and groups work in Linux? What group > owns > the file in question? Also, are you trying to create a new file or > just > modify an existing one? Creation of files uses the permissions at > the > folder level above you. > Once you find the user CF is running as, look and see what groups > that > user is in. On my distro /etc/passwd has all the users and their > primary group, and /etc/group has all the groups and what users are > in > them. > > If you have root access, you can try chmodding the directory that > isn't > working as a test. > > These are the questions you need to be able to answer to solve you > riddle: > > What user owns the file/folder in question? > What group owns the file/folder in question? > What are the user/group/others permissions on that file/folder > What user is CF running as? > What groups is that user in? > > Also, another factor to consider if creating files: > What is the default UMASK for the user CF is running as? > > ~Brad > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:325962 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
