you shouldn't change the group of the server. it's better to explicitly
change the permissions on the user, public_html directory and all the
files in it. You sure you've done this? I use a shell script to
automate it.
#aarons shell script to add users and change permissions on their
#local directories to allow http access to public_html
/usr/sbin/useradd $1
chown $1 /home/$1
chgrp users /home/$1
chmod 755 /home/$1
chmod 755 /home/$1/public_html
cd /home/$1/public_html/
chmod 644 *
/usr/sbin/sendmail $1 </root/welcome.mai
to add a new user my billing software telnets in and says simply
/newuser newusername
badda-boom badda bing. seems to me changing the server defaults around
is risky at best
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of PJ : Biztech
> Sent: Thursday, March 25, 1999 9:24 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [newbie] httpd user
>
>
> I guess my reply got lost, so here we go again....
>
> the problem, for my server, isn't the page or folder
> permissions, I do
> have those set right.
>
> It's the group user found in httpd.conf
>
> # User/Group: The name (or #number) of the user/group to run httpd as.
> # On SCO (ODT 3) use User nouser and Group nogroup
> # On HPUX you may not be able to use shared memory as nobody, and the
> # suggested workaround is to create a user www and use that user.
> # NOTE that some kernels refuse to setgid(Group) or semctl(IPC_SET)
> # when the value of (unsigned)Group is above 60000;
> # don't use Group nobody on these systems!
>
> User ???
> Group ???
>
> I've put in about every combo, "root", "wheel", "nobody" with any of
> these choices the main webpage, host.com will come up, but any sub
> user. host.com/~user will not. I did use one of my users as the
> Group in the httpd.conf and his page would come up, but not
> the others.
>
> grrrr, BSD I've gotten to work, but this is killing me...
>
> thanks,
> pj
>
> Steve Philp wrote:
> >
> > Aaron Lynch wrote:
> > >
> > > can you please explain what the settings mean? I sorta
> have a grasp on
> > > the chmod 644 style (sorta), so are you?
> >
> > The settings "go+rx" mean to add read and execute
> permissions for the
> > group and others. Since the httpd daemon runs as 'nobody',
> you need to
> > allow others permission to your directories so they can
> read the files.
> >
> > In the numeric style you're used to, it would be 'chmod 755
> > <directory>'.
> >
> > > chmod Group Owner adding Read & eXicute? So what happens
> if for example
> > > the file alread had global exicute, no change?
> >
> > They still need read privileges...
> >
> > > tryin to learn :)
> >
> > You're doing well.
> >
> > > -Aaron
> > >
> > > > Check the permissions on your home directory. They're probably
> > > > something like:
> > > >
> > > > drwx------ 12 lschultz lschultz 1024 Mar 24
> 21:56 lschultz
> > > >
> > > > Use the command:
> > > >
> > > > chmod go+rx <directory name>
> > > >
> > > > Retry loading the webpage. Should work now...
> >
> > --
> > Steve Philp
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
