Just want to correct one thing on the recommendations - to add yourself to the 'www' or 'www-data' group, you do not use the chown command - that is for changing file permissions, not user or group settings. To add yourself to another group you can run vipw -g, vi /etc/group, or the usermod command.
Robert C Wittig wrote: > > Brian E Boothe wrote: > > yes i realize that , thats my issue, how am i supposed to edit webpages > > on the server and save what Have i gotta do run Sudo "filename" for > > everthing i wanna run as Root?? so i have to link everything with sudo > > ? good lord that seems to be a pain in the butt, > > i love ubuntu EXCEPT for this crap,,, has anyone else ran into this>? > > > > First, one should always have at least two copies of their website... > one version for doing the actual page development and > modification/scripting, etc., on, and one 'live' copy, that is on the > server, to be viewed by the world (or the Intranet, if it is a private > website). > > All modifications are then done on the 'development copy' after testing > has been done, and everything is working right, and ready for the > 'world' to see. > > Then and only then, are the paged uploaded to the server's htdocs > directory. > > Usually, default installations of Apache are initially 'owned' by a > machine identity... like 'daemon' or 'www' or something, so you have to > check to see who owns the htdocs directory and files. > > If the files are owned by user 'www' who belongs to group 'www', then > you ca su to root, and add yourself to the 'www' group, using the > 'chown' command. > > > Once you are a member of the group that owns the files you are trying to > modify or replace/overwrite, and the directory you are trying to place > files into, you should have sufficient rights to do what you want. > > -- > -wittig http://www.robertwittig.com/ <http://www.robertwittig.com/> > . http://robertwittig.net/ <http://robertwittig.net/> > . http://robertwittig.org/ <http://robertwittig.org/> > > To unsubscribe from this list, please email [EMAIL PROTECTED] & you will be removed. Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
