On Wed, Sep 1, 2010 at 3:19 AM, James Corteciano <james@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi, > I have this webroot /webdir/ with 2775 permission so that any created > file/directory by apache inside of /webdir/ will be 'apache:webusers'. > However, I noticed when the apache created a new files (fileB) / directories > (dirB), the ownership becomes 'apache:apache' and the sticky bit has gone > for /webdir/. I'm currently using Wordpress. > [before] > drwxrwsr-x users webusers /webdir/ > drwxrwsr-x users webusers /webdir/dirA that's not sticky, it's the setgid bid. setgid directories is usually how you try to get some shared secondary group to own new files in a dir. > -rw-rw-r-- users webusers /webdir/fileA > [after] > drwxrwxr-x users webusers /webdir/ > drwxrwxr-x apache apache /webdir/dirB > -rw-rw-r-- apache apache /webdir/fileB > Why the sticky bit doesn't reflected and the group as well? Has anyone knows > how to fix this? your php script probably removed the setgid bit. "Apache" isn't creating any of these files, your scripts are. -- Eric Covener covener@xxxxxxxxx --------------------------------------------------------------------- The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP Server Project. See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for more info. To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx " from the digest: users-digest-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx