On 18 Jul 2012, at 6:33 PM, lyn2py wrote: > Thanks Jonathan. I understand it better now. > > But why does web2py run into an internal error when the owner/group > permissions is not www-data:www-data?
I'm assuming/guessing that web2py needs owner permissions, not group (see my 755 example for a possible reason). So if the tree's owner is www-data and web2py isn't running as www-data, you've got problems (even if web2py's group is www-data). Don't be misled by the fact that Apache's user group names are both www-data. Users and groups are entirely independent namespaces. > > > On Thursday, July 19, 2012 12:11:30 AM UTC+8, Jonathan Lundell wrote: > On 18 Jul 2012, at 9:01 AM, lyn2py wrote: >> Correction: changing the permissions back to www-data ironed things out. >> However, I would like user ubuntu to have access to www-data folder. >> >> How can I make it work? >> >> I have tried >> sudo adduser ubuntu www-data >> and confirmed that ubuntu belongs to the www-data group. >> But it still doesn't work. > > Note that adding ubuntu to the www-data group means that ubuntu will use the > group permissions rather than owner permissions (which www-data would do). > > For example a 755 directory would be writeable by www-data (owner) but not by > ubuntu (group). > > Perhaps you ought to have Apache (or at least the web2py wsgi processes) run > as ubuntu instead. See this line in the setup script: > > WSGIDaemonProcess web2py user=www-data group=www-data > > Or you could allow ubuntu to sudo www-data, if that's not too inconvenient. > > >> >> Thanks. >> >> >> On Wednesday, July 18, 2012 11:55:25 PM UTC+8, lyn2py wrote: >> I discovered that after I changed permissions on the web2py folder (chown), >> web2py registers this internal error. >> >> I did this because adding user to the www-data group doesn't give it >> permissions at all (weird!) >> >> Changing the permissions back to www-data:www-data didn't iron things out. >> >> Can an expert help? Thanks. >> --
