Sat, 29 Sep 2007, by [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > On Friday 28 September 2007 22:44, Sloan wrote: > > primm wrote: > > > I created a user ftpadmin and a group ftpadmin. I made ftpadmin's home > > > folder /srv/www/htdocs > > > > > > everything under /htdocs is owned by ftpadmin:ftpadmin > > > > > > I can now ftp remotely to the /htdocs folder. No problem > > > > > > Having made these changes I can no longer see any web pages. > > > > > > What do I need to do to be able to both ftp and see webpages? Who has to > > > own what? > > > > chgrp -R www /srv/www/htdocs > > chmod -R g+rx /srv/www/htdocs > > > > Joe > > OK. I can now both use ftp and see web pages. Brilliant. Saved me loads time. > > Just one more question. /srv/www/htdocs is now (user:group) ftpadmin:www > > Is that correct? Or doesn't it matter.
It is correct. One observation: for a Linux user and website admin you seem to know very little about the Unix permission schemes. Do yourself (and possible users of your site) a favor, and make yourself familiar with these (and other) basics. Disaster always strikes at the least convenient times, i.e., when no-one can help you but yourself.. Theo -- Theo v. Werkhoven Registered Linux user# 99872 http://counter.li.org ICBM 52 13 26N , 4 29 47E. + ICQ: 277217131 SUSE 10.2 + Jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Kernel 2.6.20 + See headers for PGP/GPG info. Claimer: any email I receive will become my property. Disclaimers do not apply. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
