Yes, the unix permissions on the filesystem are correctly set. I can su to www-data and create, edit, read, and destroy all the files and directories I want. But thru Apache -- nada.
I think I'll just toss this VM and start over. I'm thinking KVM would be better than VirtualBox for this anyway. I must have screwed up something when I installed Apache for Debian. Sometimes it's just quicker to start over -- especially since i don't have a big investment of time in this VM instance. Thanks. Joe On Wednesday, July 24, 2013 11:22:20 PM UTC-7, Niphlod wrote: > > just ensure that the user running apache has rw permissions on the web2py > root dir, epsecially the uploads one. > > Il giorno giovedì 25 luglio 2013 00:48:12 UTC+2, Joe Barnhart ha scritto: >> >> Well it's entirely possible I don't understand my problem. >> >> Running on my macbook locally everything works like a charm. On the >> "play" deployment server, which uses Apache, the script that deletes files >> after processing fails because it lacks "permission" (according to the >> web2py error log). Also, when uploading the files Apache goes to 100% cpu >> and stays there, consuming RAM until I get tired of watching. Admittedly, >> they are very large files (~200MB) but I don't see why Apache should >> consume >2G of RAM while spinning in some kind of loop. >> >> Everything is set up as in the book and messages here -- I used Debian >> Linux for the play server and used www-data for the user and group, and put >> web2py under /home/www-user/. The website works fine in all other ways, >> but just has issues uploading/downloading files from my web page file >> loader. >> >> I must say this web deployment step is much harder than using web2py to >> create the site! >> >> -- Joe B. >> >> On Wednesday, July 24, 2013 2:58:07 PM UTC-7, Niphlod wrote: >>> >>> there are no special permissions because apache can't serve the uploads >>> directory by itself. Remember that "uploads" is not the same as "static". >>> The uploads are interely managed by web2py. >>> >>> On Wednesday, July 24, 2013 11:51:05 AM UTC+2, Joe Barnhart wrote: >>>> >>>> So a central part of my website is a repository of files/objects that >>>> are added and removed. I've chosen to use the "uploads" folder in my >>>> application directory, with additional feature of scattering the files >>>> into >>>> subdirectories (because I expect a LOT of them). >>>> >>>> I'm trying the stock apache2 setup from the book but I find it has no >>>> provision for permissions on the uipload directory. I copied the setup >>>> for >>>> the "static" directory and was able to put files in the directory, but I >>>> can't delete files from the directory within my site. >>>> >>>> Has anyone worked out the changes needed to the stock Apache2 setup >>>> that accommodates the upload directory? Seems like it would be a nice >>>> addition/update to the book setup. >>>> >>>> Joe B. >>>> >>> -- --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "web2py-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
