Hi, I don't know how much groups a user can belong to. I think it depends on Unices. In fact I wasn't aware of it : a workmate told me that, but I'm not completely sure about it, and if it is true also under Linux. Does anyone knows about it ? I've read (while wandering on the net ;-) that there was several ACL projects. Go to http://major.rithus.co.at/acl/ : it's one of them and it has got links to the others. Its integration in the kernel has been postpone from kernel to kernel, and I currently have no idea when it will be added to it... But I'm afraid it won't be before kernel 2.5 at least... Mathieu > -----Original Message----- > From: Alain Terriault [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: 08 October 1999 18:24 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [expert] Password on entering a webpage using > Apage Server > > > thanks Mathieu, > > To how many groups can "nobody" be associated to ? > > Have any idea if ACL will be build in some kernel distribution ? > It seem to look like the project got finish recently. > > > On another subject, there is more than one hour delay between > the moment > I send my email and the moment it gets post .. am I the only one ? > > cheers, > alain > > "Bois, Mathieu" wrote: > > > > You've got to rely on the OS do to that. > > > > You've got to have the access to these files (in order to > modify them for > > instance !) AND the user nobody needs to (if your Apache > server runs under > > the user nobody), but only in ReadOnly (to be completely secure). > > > > So, I can see two solutions : > > - you can use the groups > > - you can use the ACL (but they're not part of Linux : > you've got to find a > > solution from somewhere on the web, go to freshmeat.net) > > > > With ACL, you can say that ONLY you and nobody can access > these files. > > > > With group, ask your sysadm to create a group 'alain', then > make your very > > user and the user nobody belong to this group and do a > 'chgrp alain' on your > > files. *But* a user can only belong to a limited number of > groups, so if in > > your site you're a lot of people to need this, then the > user nobody won't be > > able to belong to so much groups... > > > > Regards > > > > Mathieu > > >
