Re: [OT] Problems with file permissions
Two solutions, neither are 'apache' solutions: 1. Set sticky bits on the permissions on the folder so new files created under it adopt it's settings. 2. Configure your ftp service to correctly set permissions on upload. Of course, I don't see where any of this has to do with tomcat, hence the OT marker in the subject. ---David [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Tomcat users! I have a problem with user permissions on my web server - when a file is ftp'd to the webserver the permissions are -rw-r- and browsers trying to access the url are forbidden to view. Once I chmod 666 the file then browsers gain access. But as my website changes constantly I don't want to do this every time. Apache is owned by 'root' but I administer and own the site documents as 'web'. How can I change apache to allow public access to files with read permissions? Thanks for your Help! Michele - To start a new topic, e-mail: users@tomcat.apache.org To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [OT] Problems with file permissions
Hi David, Thanks for that and sorry for my ignorance of Apache Tomcat but I have just moved from an old IIS server that didn't care about the file permissions. I am using ftp from Windows (using Dreamweaver) to a Unix box so windows doesn't know about setting file permissions in this instance. I have put out questions on the HP side as well but I am just puzzled why Apache cares about file permissions instead of user/group security. Thanks again for any help you can give. Michele David Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] No Phone Info Available 19/07/2006 15:02 Please respond to Tomcat Users List users@tomcat.apache.org To Tomcat Users List users@tomcat.apache.org cc Subject Re: [OT] Problems with file permissions Two solutions, neither are 'apache' solutions: 1. Set sticky bits on the permissions on the folder so new files created under it adopt it's settings. 2. Configure your ftp service to correctly set permissions on upload. Of course, I don't see where any of this has to do with tomcat, hence the OT marker in the subject. ---David [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Tomcat users! I have a problem with user permissions on my web server - when a file is ftp'd to the webserver the permissions are -rw-r- and browsers trying to access the url are forbidden to view. Once I chmod 666 the file then browsers gain access. But as my website changes constantly I don't want to do this every time. Apache is owned by 'root' but I administer and own the site documents as 'web'. How can I change apache to allow public access to files with read permissions? Thanks for your Help! Michele - To start a new topic, e-mail: users@tomcat.apache.org To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [OT] Problems with file permissions
We answer all kinds of questions here. Just protocol to mark off topic posts as such. In the Unix environment, the ftp service (not to be confused with the ftp client) can depending on vendor be configured to set permissions as it receives files. I know in ProFTPd, it's set using the umask config setting. Try to find out what ftp service you have on the server and look at it's man pages for info on what config settings are available. Actually, it's not Apache that cares about file permissions, but the OS (unix in this case). Apache may start as root, but it's workers are all spawned as unprivileged users (the user 'apache' in my the case of my server) and the OS will deny access if the apache worker doesn't at minimum have read access. --David [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi David, Thanks for that and sorry for my ignorance of Apache Tomcat but I have just moved from an old IIS server that didn't care about the file permissions. I am using ftp from Windows (using Dreamweaver) to a Unix box so windows doesn't know about setting file permissions in this instance. I have put out questions on the HP side as well but I am just puzzled why Apache cares about file permissions instead of user/group security. Thanks again for any help you can give. Michele David Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] No Phone Info Available 19/07/2006 15:02 Please respond to Tomcat Users List users@tomcat.apache.org To Tomcat Users List users@tomcat.apache.org cc Subject Re: [OT] Problems with file permissions Two solutions, neither are 'apache' solutions: 1. Set sticky bits on the permissions on the folder so new files created under it adopt it's settings. 2. Configure your ftp service to correctly set permissions on upload. Of course, I don't see where any of this has to do with tomcat, hence the OT marker in the subject. ---David [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Tomcat users! I have a problem with user permissions on my web server - when a file is ftp'd to the webserver the permissions are -rw-r- and browsers trying to access the url are forbidden to view. Once I chmod 666 the file then browsers gain access. But as my website changes constantly I don't want to do this every time. Apache is owned by 'root' but I administer and own the site documents as 'web'. How can I change apache to allow public access to files with read permissions? Thanks for your Help! Michele - To start a new topic, e-mail: users@tomcat.apache.org To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To start a new topic, e-mail: users@tomcat.apache.org To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [OT] Problems with file permissions
Michelle, I am jumping into the middle of this thread so I apologize. If you set the umask of the owner of the files. So when you do a listing ls -alt in the directory that the files are in and see the owner. Then go into that user's .profile in their home directory you can set the umask. Like for instance you could say: umask a=rw. Hope that helps, Jennifer -Original Message- From: David Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 19, 2006 7:29 AM To: Tomcat Users List Subject: Re: [OT] Problems with file permissions We answer all kinds of questions here. Just protocol to mark off topic posts as such. In the Unix environment, the ftp service (not to be confused with the ftp client) can depending on vendor be configured to set permissions as it receives files. I know in ProFTPd, it's set using the umask config setting. Try to find out what ftp service you have on the server and look at it's man pages for info on what config settings are available. Actually, it's not Apache that cares about file permissions, but the OS (unix in this case). Apache may start as root, but it's workers are all spawned as unprivileged users (the user 'apache' in my the case of my server) and the OS will deny access if the apache worker doesn't at minimum have read access. --David [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi David, Thanks for that and sorry for my ignorance of Apache Tomcat but I have just moved from an old IIS server that didn't care about the file permissions. I am using ftp from Windows (using Dreamweaver) to a Unix box so windows doesn't know about setting file permissions in this instance. I have put out questions on the HP side as well but I am just puzzled why Apache cares about file permissions instead of user/group security. Thanks again for any help you can give. Michele David Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] No Phone Info Available 19/07/2006 15:02 Please respond to Tomcat Users List users@tomcat.apache.org To Tomcat Users List users@tomcat.apache.org cc Subject Re: [OT] Problems with file permissions Two solutions, neither are 'apache' solutions: 1. Set sticky bits on the permissions on the folder so new files created under it adopt it's settings. 2. Configure your ftp service to correctly set permissions on upload. Of course, I don't see where any of this has to do with tomcat, hence the OT marker in the subject. ---David [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Tomcat users! I have a problem with user permissions on my web server - when a file is ftp'd to the webserver the permissions are -rw-r- and browsers trying to access the url are forbidden to view. Once I chmod 666 the file then browsers gain access. But as my website changes constantly I don't want to do this every time. Apache is owned by 'root' but I administer and own the site documents as 'web'. How can I change apache to allow public access to files with read permissions? Thanks for your Help! Michele - To start a new topic, e-mail: users@tomcat.apache.org To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To start a new topic, e-mail: users@tomcat.apache.org To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To start a new topic, e-mail: users@tomcat.apache.org To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [OT] Problems with file permissions
Thanks for the help - I'll tweak the ftp side. Regards, Michele Mead, Jennifer L - VSCM [EMAIL PROTECTED] No Phone Info Available 19/07/2006 15:35 Please respond to Tomcat Users List users@tomcat.apache.org To Tomcat Users List users@tomcat.apache.org cc Subject RE: [OT] Problems with file permissions Michelle, I am jumping into the middle of this thread so I apologize. If you set the umask of the owner of the files. So when you do a listing ls -alt in the directory that the files are in and see the owner. Then go into that user's .profile in their home directory you can set the umask. Like for instance you could say: umask a=rw. Hope that helps, Jennifer -Original Message- From: David Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 19, 2006 7:29 AM To: Tomcat Users List Subject: Re: [OT] Problems with file permissions We answer all kinds of questions here. Just protocol to mark off topic posts as such. In the Unix environment, the ftp service (not to be confused with the ftp client) can depending on vendor be configured to set permissions as it receives files. I know in ProFTPd, it's set using the umask config setting. Try to find out what ftp service you have on the server and look at it's man pages for info on what config settings are available. Actually, it's not Apache that cares about file permissions, but the OS (unix in this case). Apache may start as root, but it's workers are all spawned as unprivileged users (the user 'apache' in my the case of my server) and the OS will deny access if the apache worker doesn't at minimum have read access. --David [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi David, Thanks for that and sorry for my ignorance of Apache Tomcat but I have just moved from an old IIS server that didn't care about the file permissions. I am using ftp from Windows (using Dreamweaver) to a Unix box so windows doesn't know about setting file permissions in this instance. I have put out questions on the HP side as well but I am just puzzled why Apache cares about file permissions instead of user/group security. Thanks again for any help you can give. Michele David Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] No Phone Info Available 19/07/2006 15:02 Please respond to Tomcat Users List users@tomcat.apache.org To Tomcat Users List users@tomcat.apache.org cc Subject Re: [OT] Problems with file permissions Two solutions, neither are 'apache' solutions: 1. Set sticky bits on the permissions on the folder so new files created under it adopt it's settings. 2. Configure your ftp service to correctly set permissions on upload. Of course, I don't see where any of this has to do with tomcat, hence the OT marker in the subject. ---David [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Tomcat users! I have a problem with user permissions on my web server - when a file is ftp'd to the webserver the permissions are -rw-r- and browsers trying to access the url are forbidden to view. Once I chmod 666 the file then browsers gain access. But as my website changes constantly I don't want to do this every time. Apache is owned by 'root' but I administer and own the site documents as 'web'. How can I change apache to allow public access to files with read permissions? Thanks for your Help! Michele - To start a new topic, e-mail: users@tomcat.apache.org To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To start a new topic, e-mail: users@tomcat.apache.org To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To start a new topic, e-mail: users@tomcat.apache.org To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [OT] Problems with file permissions
Michelle. See if you can create a new folder on the UNIX server while in an FTP program like CoreFTP or WinsockFTP. Then dump everything to THAT folder and see if permissions are kept intact. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 19, 2006 9:16 AM To: Tomcat Users List Subject: Re: [OT] Problems with file permissions Hi David, Thanks for that and sorry for my ignorance of Apache Tomcat but I have just moved from an old IIS server that didn't care about the file permissions. I am using ftp from Windows (using Dreamweaver) to a Unix box so windows doesn't know about setting file permissions in this instance. I have put out questions on the HP side as well but I am just puzzled why Apache cares about file permissions instead of user/group security. Thanks again for any help you can give. Michele David Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] No Phone Info Available 19/07/2006 15:02 Please respond to Tomcat Users List users@tomcat.apache.org To Tomcat Users List users@tomcat.apache.org cc Subject Re: [OT] Problems with file permissions Two solutions, neither are 'apache' solutions: 1. Set sticky bits on the permissions on the folder so new files created under it adopt it's settings. 2. Configure your ftp service to correctly set permissions on upload. Of course, I don't see where any of this has to do with tomcat, hence the OT marker in the subject. ---David [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Tomcat users! I have a problem with user permissions on my web server - when a file is ftp'd to the webserver the permissions are -rw-r- and browsers trying to access the url are forbidden to view. Once I chmod 666 the file then browsers gain access. But as my website changes constantly I don't want to do this every time. Apache is owned by 'root' but I administer and own the site documents as 'web'. How can I change apache to allow public access to files with read permissions? Thanks for your Help! Michele - To start a new topic, e-mail: users@tomcat.apache.org To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To start a new topic, e-mail: users@tomcat.apache.org To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [OT] Problems with file permissions
echo $HOME (this is your users home folder where all FTP access should get files from OR put files to..) HTH Martin -- * This email message and any files transmitted with it contain confidential information intended only for the person(s) to whom this email message is addressed. If you have received this email message in error, please notify the sender immediately by telephone or email and destroy the original message without making a copy. Thank you. - Original Message - From: Propes, Barry L [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Tomcat Users List users@tomcat.apache.org Sent: Wednesday, July 19, 2006 11:33 AM Subject: RE: [OT] Problems with file permissions Michelle. See if you can create a new folder on the UNIX server while in an FTP program like CoreFTP or WinsockFTP. Then dump everything to THAT folder and see if permissions are kept intact. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 19, 2006 9:16 AM To: Tomcat Users List Subject: Re: [OT] Problems with file permissions Hi David, Thanks for that and sorry for my ignorance of Apache Tomcat but I have just moved from an old IIS server that didn't care about the file permissions. I am using ftp from Windows (using Dreamweaver) to a Unix box so windows doesn't know about setting file permissions in this instance. I have put out questions on the HP side as well but I am just puzzled why Apache cares about file permissions instead of user/group security. Thanks again for any help you can give. Michele David Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] No Phone Info Available 19/07/2006 15:02 Please respond to Tomcat Users List users@tomcat.apache.org To Tomcat Users List users@tomcat.apache.org cc Subject Re: [OT] Problems with file permissions Two solutions, neither are 'apache' solutions: 1. Set sticky bits on the permissions on the folder so new files created under it adopt it's settings. 2. Configure your ftp service to correctly set permissions on upload. Of course, I don't see where any of this has to do with tomcat, hence the OT marker in the subject. ---David [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Tomcat users! I have a problem with user permissions on my web server - when a file is ftp'd to the webserver the permissions are -rw-r- and browsers trying to access the url are forbidden to view. Once I chmod 666 the file then browsers gain access. But as my website changes constantly I don't want to do this every time. Apache is owned by 'root' but I administer and own the site documents as 'web'. How can I change apache to allow public access to files with read permissions? Thanks for your Help! Michele - To start a new topic, e-mail: users@tomcat.apache.org To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To start a new topic, e-mail: users@tomcat.apache.org To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
