hi , Ben For your remote connectio install ssh using rpm if u r new with linux. and if u r ip of remote place will be fixed than use tcp wrapper it will added one more security using /etc/hosts.allow and /etc/hosts.deny use that...if u ip will not be fixed than enable in vi /etc/hosts.allow sshd:ALL and restart xinted service and check telnet 0 22 it will show u ssh is running... about For your apache mean if u r running apache user test user than file in Document directory it must rwx or rx rights...simple thing... got ..if u want to set default perminssion use UMASK command... regards On Sun, 05 Sep 2004 13:16:21 +0000, Ben Sewell <ben_sewell_007@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > 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 > -- Vipul Ramani linux2000in@xxxxxxxxx linux2000in@xxxxxxxxx ~~~~~We Know HOW NetWorkS ~~~~~ -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
