Hi, On Tue, Nov 1, 2016 at 5:31 PM, Gordon Messmer <gordon.messmer@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 10/27/2016 05:48 PM, Alex wrote: >> >> I'm referring to the procedure typically used by joomla admins through >> the web-based admin interface included with joomla. It logs in as a >> system user then I believe uses sftp to upload files from the local >> desktop or somewhere on the joomla system. > > > > As best I can tell, extensions are normally uploaded as zip files. It > should be noted, then, that the umask doesn't appear to affect that. zip > files contain some information about the permissions of the files they > contain, and at least the system "unzip" utility will honor those. You > might be chasing a wild goose if you're trying to change apache's umask to > address this. > > Instead you may need to use the "manual install" process and set the > permissions on files manually: > > https://docs.joomla.org/Installing_an_extension > > As a security bonus, I would anticipate that manual installation would mean > that your extensions aren't owned by the apache use, and can be installed > with no write access for the apache group. So, that's something to think > about. That's another great point. Thanks so much for your help, and follow-through. _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
