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ht1815
02-22-2006, 09:05 AM
Our Linux RH 8 server is set up with the apache user in the apache group, and it's a no login user, so I can't su to it. When I define directories and want a web page to be able to write inside of that directory, I always have to either su to root and chown/chgrp the directories/files to apache apache, or I have to grant 7 rights to the world.

How do others handle this? Should I put apache in the users group? Or is that a bad idea? Is there something else that I'm missing? I'm not an expert at this, by any means.

chazzy
02-22-2006, 11:45 AM
hmmm aren't there 2 "no login" types? 1 you can't login directly (have to su) and the other you can't login at all. what if you make it the first (su capable)