Re: [CentOS] Groups

2011-01-31 Thread Jay Leafey
We've got a CentOS/Apache server with a ton of "content providers" that only have write access to specific directories. In our case, we use ACLs to grant access to the specific parts of the /var/www/html tree. If there's only one or two users, we usually add individual ACL entries for each, if

Re: [CentOS] Groups

2011-01-31 Thread Todd
It redirects them back to them self, actually and they get whatever they might be running for a web-server on the local machine if anything. It nothing they get a not found http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTTP_301 On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 11:50 AM, wrote: > Todd wrote: > >> Also avoid having phpMyA

Re: [CentOS] Groups

2011-01-31 Thread m . roth
Todd wrote: >> >> I can sftp I realize, but what group can I add my personal account to, >> but not root, so I can sftp in and put the files in /var/www/html? > > Adding to this: > > My son (who is 12) has his own domain now and is using iWeb to publish his > website to an old server that I have. W

Re: [CentOS] Groups

2011-01-31 Thread m . roth
Todd wrote: >> Also avoid having phpMyAdmin off the main web directory. Ordinary users >> > don't need access and should never have access to it. Hide it away >> > somewhere and create a virtual Apache host to use it with a >> non-standard >> > port number. Make it hard for the hackers and spoilers

Re: [CentOS] Groups

2011-01-31 Thread Todd
> > I can sftp I realize, but what group can I add my personal account to, but > not root, so I can sftp in and put the files in /var/www/html? > Adding to this: My son (who is 12) has his own domain now and is using iWeb to publish his website to an old server that I have. Well he is getting a f

Re: [CentOS] Groups

2011-01-31 Thread Todd
> Also avoid having phpMyAdmin off the main web directory. Ordinary users > > don't need access and should never have access to it. Hide it away > > somewhere and create a virtual Apache host to use it with a non-standard > > port number. Make it hard for the hackers and spoilers to find it. > > Um

Re: [CentOS] Groups

2011-01-31 Thread m . roth
Always Learning wrote: > On Mon, 2011-01-31 at 18:05 +0100, Nicolas Thierry-Mieg wrote: > Also avoid having phpMyAdmin off the main web directory. Ordinary users > don't need access and should never have access to it. Hide it away > somewhere and create a virtual Apache host to use it with a non-s

Re: [CentOS] Groups

2011-01-31 Thread m . roth
Nicolas Thierry-Mieg wrote: > m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: >> Todd wrote: >>> >> With /var/www/html owned by root:root and me loggin in as 'jason' I >> cannot accomplish this. I don't allow root logins over ssh... > Would I change /var/www/html/ owner to myid:mygroup? I am > not s

Re: [CentOS] Groups

2011-01-31 Thread Always Learning
On Mon, 2011-01-31 at 18:05 +0100, Nicolas Thierry-Mieg wrote: > so you prefer giving the apache user write access to /var/www ? > Is this really a good thing...? > I agree with the group advice though, if you have several users > modifying the website content of course. Apache is wonderfully f

Re: [CentOS] Groups

2011-01-31 Thread Nicolas Thierry-Mieg
m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: > Todd wrote: >> > With /var/www/html owned by root:root and me loggin in as 'jason' I > cannot accomplish this. I don't allow root logins over ssh... >>> Would I change /var/www/html/ owner to myid:mygroup? I am not sure the famifications of this and how

Re: [CentOS] Groups

2011-01-31 Thread m . roth
Hey, Todd, Todd wrote: > >> >> With /var/www/html owned by root:root and me loggin in as 'jason' I >> >> cannot accomplish this. I don't allow root logins over ssh... >> >> > Would I change /var/www/html/ owner to myid:mygroup? I am >> > not sure the famifications of this and how Apache would beh

Re: [CentOS] Groups

2011-01-31 Thread Nicolas Thierry-Mieg
m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: > Nicolas Thierry-Mieg wrote: >> Todd wrote: >>> With /var/www/html owned by root:root and me loggin in as 'jason' I >>> cannot accomplish this. I don't allow root logins over ssh... > >>> Would I change /var/www/html/ owner to myid:mygroup? I am not >>> sure the famificat

Re: [CentOS] Groups

2011-01-31 Thread Todd
Hi Mark, > >> With /var/www/html owned by root:root and me loggin in as 'jason' I > >> cannot accomplish this. I don't allow root logins over ssh... > > >> Would I change /var/www/html/ owner to myid:mygroup? I am not > >> sure the famifications of this and how Apache would behave, etc. > > > >

Re: [CentOS] Groups

2011-01-31 Thread m . roth
Nicolas Thierry-Mieg wrote: > Todd wrote: >> > On one of my servers I have a personal account and root. I >> disable root for ssh logins and run ssh on an alternative port. When >> 'scp'ing files I usually scp them up, then ssh in 'su' root and move >> them to /var/www/html. Or su

Re: [CentOS] Groups

2011-01-31 Thread Todd
> > On one of my servers I have a personal account and root. I > > disable root for ssh logins and run ssh on an alternative port. When > > 'scp'ing files I usually scp them up, then ssh in 'su' root and move > > them to /var/www/html. > > > > > > I can sftp I realize, b

Re: [CentOS] Groups

2011-01-31 Thread Nicolas Thierry-Mieg
Todd wrote: > > On one of my servers I have a personal account and root. I > disable root for ssh logins and run ssh on an alternative port. When > 'scp'ing files I usually scp them up, then ssh in 'su' root and move > them to /var/www/html. > > > > I can sftp I realize,

Re: [CentOS] Groups

2011-01-31 Thread Todd
> > > On one of my servers I have a personal account and root. I disable root > for ssh logins and run ssh on an alternative port. When 'scp'ing files I > usually scp them up, then ssh in 'su' root and move them to /var/www/html. > > > > I can sftp I realize, but what group can I add my personal ac

Re: [CentOS] Groups

2011-01-31 Thread Kenneth Porter
--On Sunday, January 30, 2011 8:14 PM -0800 Jason S-M wrote: > Secondarily /var/www/html/ is owned by root:root, can I > change this to something else so my sftp'ing is easier? apache:apache as > owner? I would avoid giving the apache user write access to anything under /var/www/html unless it

Re: [CentOS] Groups

2011-01-30 Thread Nico Kadel-Garcia
On Sun, Jan 30, 2011 at 11:14 PM, Jason S-M wrote: > Hi All, > > On one of my servers I have a personal account and root. I disable root for > ssh logins and run ssh on an alternative port. When 'scp'ing files I usually > scp them up, then ssh in 'su' root and move them to /var/www/html. > > I c

[CentOS] Groups

2011-01-30 Thread Jason S-M
Hi All, On one of my servers I have a personal account and root. I disable root for ssh logins and run ssh on an alternative port. When 'scp'ing files I usually scp them up, then ssh in 'su' root and move them to /var/www/html. I can sftp I realize, but what group can I add my personal account

Re: [CentOS] CentOS groups on LinkedIn, Facebook, Orkut or Xing

2007-09-29 Thread Simon Jolle \"sjolle\"
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 09/29/2007 12:49 PM, Dag Wieers wrote: > Hi everybody, > > I want to give some attention to the CentOS group that exist on LinkedIn, > Orkut, Facebook and Xing. If you have a profile on one of these networks, > why not join the CentOS group and hoo

CentOS Mugshot group (was: Re: [CentOS] CentOS groups on LinkedIn, Facebook, Orkut or Xing)

2007-09-29 Thread Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams
There is a Mugshot group for CentOS at: http://mugshot.org/group?who=HWQjjmwzV6vr7T Come join and spread the love! -- Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> PLEASE don't CC me; I'm already subscribed signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part _

[CentOS] CentOS groups on LinkedIn, Facebook, Orkut or Xing

2007-09-29 Thread Dag Wieers
Hi everybody, I want to give some attention to the CentOS group that exist on LinkedIn, Orkut, Facebook and Xing. If you have a profile on one of these networks, why not join the CentOS group and hook up with other members ? LinkedIn CentOS group http://www.linkedin.com/e/gis/2240