I used to use: ps aux and ls -alrt But the python and openwisp2 packages which are present in this path: */opt/openwisp2/env/lib/python3.20site-packages/* *are all displaying like* root:root *when I do the ls -alrt. *Does it cause/affect anything on openwisp2?*
Regards, Logu On Tue, Sep 10, 2024 at 7:13 AM Federico Capoano <f.capo...@openwisp.io> wrote: > I think you may be confusing python package files with processes. > What's the command you use to see running processes? > > Not all files in the openwisp directory are owned by www-data. In the > unfortunate case in which a vulnerability in the OpenWISP python > application is found and exploited to write on disk, the attacker wouldn't > be able to change much because most important files are not writable by > www-data. That's why many files are owned by root and writable only by the > owner. > > Best regards > Federico Capoano > > On Mon, 9 Sept 2024 at 06:01, Logunath K <logunat...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Dear team, >> All our processes are running smoothly on the ubuntu >> server but when I read the documents it's showing "All processes are >> running as the www-data user". >> but when I saw in* /opt/openwisp2/env/lib/python3.20site-packages/* *all >> processes were running as "root" not as www-data. >> >> Only in /*opt/openwisp2/openwisp2* path files are in the user "root" >> group as "www-data". Does it cause any effect on the server or application? >> >> I have installed the application via ansible package. >> >> Regards, >> Logu >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "OpenWISP" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to openwisp+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To view this discussion on the web, visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/openwisp/CAJy2ivpaAJ-esFkeO%2Bp6Xq8Fm%3DC8OXRFMKgWGVOfV%2BiTkLHx6w%40mail.gmail.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/openwisp/CAJy2ivpaAJ-esFkeO%2Bp6Xq8Fm%3DC8OXRFMKgWGVOfV%2BiTkLHx6w%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "OpenWISP" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to openwisp+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/openwisp/CAAGgX6KDMVU3yDA-76LCuTj%2BkbkB2xMDOmT5z7NMqdbvzuCGvg%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/openwisp/CAAGgX6KDMVU3yDA-76LCuTj%2BkbkB2xMDOmT5z7NMqdbvzuCGvg%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "OpenWISP" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to openwisp+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/openwisp/CAJy2ivqFXR38-pdOTQK6Ff41mnSRDrkeDNSx6W4XQtNczW2oKA%40mail.gmail.com.
