[Bug 614195] Re: Apache2 UserDir defaults to User www-data
I faced the problem with wordpress installation in userdir. As the user as no permissions on that dir, PHP scripts can't write files to that dir. For example Worpdress can't create its configuration file on install, or install extensions. This is bad My solution is to add 'my_user' to www-data group and to: # sudo chmod -R 770 public html # sudo chown -R my_user:www-data public html This has to be done anytime 'my_user' adds or edits a php file in public_html. This is tedious and should be fixed as soon as possible. ** Changed in: apache2 (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete = Confirmed -- Apache2 UserDir defaults to User www-data https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/614195 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to apache2 in ubuntu. -- Ubuntu-server-bugs mailing list Ubuntu-server-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server-bugs
[Bug 614195] Re: Apache2 UserDir defaults to User www-data
Giving the web server (under www-data or any other user) complete write access to Wordpress is not a good idea, regardless. The installation docs even go in depth to tell you how to temporarily make the config file writeable (say, chmod 666 config.php) so you can run the config script, then tell you to undo that afterward. Why do you think having write access to your scripts is a reasonable and correct setup that we should be shipping out of the box? (Yes, sometimes you want an upload directory, tmp-style, for certain CMSes, again, you can chmod just those directories, no need to have your entire web root writable by a web server) -- Apache2 UserDir defaults to User www-data https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/614195 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to apache2 in ubuntu. -- Ubuntu-server-bugs mailing list Ubuntu-server-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server-bugs
[Bug 614195] Re: Apache2 UserDir defaults to User www-data
** Package changed: ubuntu-docs (Ubuntu) = apache2 (Ubuntu) -- Apache2 UserDir defaults to User www-data https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/614195 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to apache2 in ubuntu. -- Ubuntu-server-bugs mailing list Ubuntu-server-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server-bugs
[Bug 614195] Re: Apache2 UserDir defaults to User www-data
Hi Xeno, Please can you clarify why this is an issue; is it presenting as a problem when using dynamic content, such as PHP? Thanks. ** Changed in: apache2 (Ubuntu) Status: New = Incomplete -- Apache2 UserDir defaults to User www-data https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/614195 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to apache2 in ubuntu. -- Ubuntu-server-bugs mailing list Ubuntu-server-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server-bugs
[Bug 614195] Re: Apache2 UserDir defaults to User www-data
UserDir is meant specifically to allow read access to ~/public_html, which it does just fine in the Debian/Ubuntu setup. Perhaps you're confusing it with suEXEC? I would consider it pretty non-intuitive to blindly enable suEXEC (a potentially large security risk, if people don't understand it) just because people want to serve content from public_html. -- Apache2 UserDir defaults to User www-data https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/614195 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to apache2 in ubuntu. -- Ubuntu-server-bugs mailing list Ubuntu-server-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server-bugs
