On Tue, 21 Jun 2011, Todd Cary wrote:
> Grasping a full understanding of setting default Users, Groups
> and Masks has alluded me over the years, but now I find myself in
> a situation where manually "setting" the file/directory
> attributes is becoming a pain.
>
> I understand the fundamentals of the file attributes, though from
> time to time I have to review the "sticky bit"; what I do not
> understand is where/how the attributes are set when a user
> creates or modifies a file/directory. Here is my situation:
>
> My /var/www/html files have been manually set by me to
> apache/apache 774. This allows my PHP applications to access the
> files, and I assume this is a "good" setting.
>
> Now, my server is connected via Samba to my desktop. If I create
> a file, it is todd/todd 744, so Apache cannot access them.
>
> If PHP (Apache) creates or modifies a file, it is apache/apache
> 755, so I cannot access them (Write/Delete).
>
> Is there a way to resolve this? When I FTP to a friend's
> rent-a-server, I can read/write/delete all of the files I have
> placed there *and* the same for files touched by PHP (Apache).
>
> My Linux Admin books as well as my Linux books do not appear to
> cover this and/or my experience is lacking.
Either have a group that you're both a member of and have a SGID bit set on
the relevent directories using that gruop, or look at ACLs.
jh
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