Setting Linux user

2007-01-17 Thread K Fassman
I am new to running CF on a Linux box - and I know virtually nothing about Linux. I have all of my pages working correctly, but in one instance I am calling on the CFFILE command to move a CSV file from one directory to another. The file is getting copied to the new location, but not deleted f

RE: Setting Linux user

2007-01-17 Thread Dave Watts
> I am new to running CF on a Linux box - and I know virtually > nothing about Linux. > > I have all of my pages working correctly, but in one instance > I am calling on the CFFILE command to move a CSV file from > one directory to another. The file is getting copied to the > new location, bu

Re: Setting Linux user

2007-01-17 Thread Jordan Michaels
Hello K, Unfortunately this is one of the problems with CF: There's no command-line parser for it so you cannot execute it as a different user easily. While I probably can't give the best advice without knowing the details of your situation, you could potentially create a cron job (the Linux equi

Re: Setting Linux user

2007-01-17 Thread Jochem van Dieten
Dave Watts wrote: > > Failing that, you could conceivably write a shell script to do what you > need, and call that through CFEXECUTE. Anything you call using cfexecute will run as the same user CF runs under, i.e. the user "apache" so that won't help. What you need to do is have the admin writ

Re: Setting Linux user

2007-01-17 Thread Ken Fassman
That might be a good option. Thanks for both replies! On 1/17/07, Jordan Michaels <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hello K, > > Unfortunately this is one of the problems with CF: There's no > command-line parser for it so you cannot execute it as a different user > easily. > > While I probably can'

RE: Setting Linux user

2007-01-17 Thread Dave Watts
> > Failing that, you could conceivably write a shell script to do what > > you need, and call that through CFEXECUTE. > > Anything you call using cfexecute will run as the same user > CF runs under, i.e. the user "apache" so that won't help. > What you need to do is have the admin write a shel

Re: Setting Linux user

2007-01-17 Thread Eric Haskins
You can also set permissions on the folder to 777 or change ownership of the folder to the same user CF/Apache runs as. That would allow it to function as is no additional Cron job Eric Haskins Web Systems Developer On 1/17/07, Dave Watts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Failing that, you cou

Re: Setting Linux user

2007-01-17 Thread Rob Wilkerson
As a general rule, I do what Eric suggests. I run CF and Apache under the same user (usually apache) and then make that user the owner of my web root with perms set to 755. Just a practice that I've found works for me. On 1/17/07, Eric Haskins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You can also set permis

RE: Setting Linux user

2007-01-17 Thread Dave Watts
> As a general rule, I do what Eric suggests. I run CF and > Apache under the same user (usually apache) and then make > that user the owner of my web root with perms set to 755. > Just a practice that I've found works for me. The users used by Apache and CF shouldn't be able to change all th

Re: Setting Linux user

2007-01-17 Thread Eric Haskins
If you were worried about that you could just give the write permissions on the destination directory only. I never give webuser permission to the whole webroot only the directory it needs to write to. Eric Haskins Web System Developer On 1/17/07, Dave Watts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > As

RE: Setting Linux user

2007-01-17 Thread Eric Roberts
don't have set up on our dev box. Right now I can just ssh in and do the update, but I would much rather automate the process. Eric -Original Message- From: Dave Watts [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, 17 January 2007 12:03 To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: Setting Linux user > &

Re: Setting Linux user

2007-01-17 Thread Eric Haskins
PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, 17 January 2007 12:03 > To: CF-Talk > Subject: RE: Setting Linux user > > > > Failing that, you could conceivably write a shell script to do what > > > you need, and call that through CFEXECUTE. > > > > Anything you call usin

RE: Setting Linux user

2007-01-17 Thread Eric Roberts
You can also set group permissions and make the CF/apache user part of that group. Eric -Original Message- From: Eric Haskins [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, 17 January 2007 12:48 To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: Setting Linux user You can also set permissions on the folder to 777

RE: Setting Linux user

2007-01-17 Thread Eric Roberts
alk Subject: Re: Setting Linux user Eric, I haven't used Subversion in awhile we currently use Serena VM with Eclipse Rich Integration. If you send the commands you do to update and how they comit I could write you script. I hate windows :) but need it to function Eric Haskins Web Syst

Re: Setting Linux user

2007-01-17 Thread Eric Haskins
It took me 4 weeks and several reinstalls to get it > right, > hence my mantra hehehe > > Eric > > -Original Message- > From: Eric Haskins [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, 17 January 2007 15:50 > To: CF-Talk > Subject: Re: Setting Linux user >

RE: Setting Linux user

2007-01-17 Thread Eric Roberts
day. Eric -Original Message- From: Eric Haskins [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, 17 January 2007 19:47 To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: Setting Linux user Eric, Can you tell me what command the Developers use to commit changes?? Where I work I am surrounded by Windows stuff all of

Re: Setting Linux user

2007-01-17 Thread Eric Haskins
day. > > Eric > > -Original Message- > From: Eric Haskins [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, 17 January 2007 19:47 > To: CF-Talk > Subject: Re: Setting Linux user > > Eric, > > Can you tell me what command the Developers use to commit changes

Re: Setting Linux user

2007-01-18 Thread Tom Chiverton
On Wednesday 17 January 2007 17:41, Dave Watts wrote: > Failing that, you could conceivably write a shell script to do what you > need, and call that through CFEXECUTE. That's an ugly approach in my > opinion, though. And have it sudo the copy, for instance. -- Tom Chiverton Helping to administr