cd to actual dir and this change owner of all files in the dir. chown pectabyte * The folder: chown pectabyte /var/www/pectabyte ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ben Sewell" <ben_sewell_007@xxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Sun, 05 Sep 2004 13:16:21 +0000 To: redhat-list@xxxxxxxxxx Subject: Ok I messed up some permissions. Help me change the owner offolders and files > Hi, > I have a webserver on my red hat 9 system, and after doing some changes to > /etc/passwd to get something to work I got something not to work. PLease > bear with me, I don't remember exactly what I wanted to get fixed as I've > been very busy, but I know I edited the group IDs to be like this, again not > sure of exactly what it is now but just to get an idea: > pectabyte:802:802::/var/www/:bin/bash > Basicly I have a user- pectabyte who has their website stored in > /var/www/pectabyte. As a result of editing /etc/passwd, the files are now > owned by apache when before they were owned by pectabyte. My question is, > instead of simply copying the files and folders on to a new folder and > making the relevent changes to httpd.conf, can I just change the folder > owner instead, since everything under /var/www/pectabyte is just for that > user? Basicly I'm phyisically remote from my system and won't be there for > another 3 months so I have SSH setup and working so this is how I want to > solve this problem. I'm using putty as my SSH client. > > Thanks for your assistance, > Ben > > _________________________________________________________________ > Don?t just search. Find. Check out the new MSN Search! > http://search.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200636ave/direct/01/ > > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list -- _____________________________________________________________ Web-based SMS services available at http://www.operamail.com. >From your mailbox to local or overseas cell phones. Powered by Outblaze -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
