Re: [cobalt-users] [Raq2-users] HTTPD User

[RyRuns@xxxxxxx]

Jim, I had this same problem, took almost a week to come up with a half-way solution.  There is a default permission setting for all files created/modified in the shell.  When a cgi script concludes interaction with a file, the permissions of that file revert back to this default setting.  The only way to get around it is, like you said, changing the default permission setting to chmod 777, or 666, or whatever it is you need.  There is no "real" solution, and while on the phone with them, Cobalt told me it is better the server operates this way for security reasons...  Makes me mad...

Ryan McKillen


In a message dated Tue, 14 Dec 1999  3:30:34 PM Eastern Standard Time, Jim Euliano <jime@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> I have several linux boxes and only on my Raq2 does this particular event
> take place.  I've been told that it is "normal for linux" to do this by
> some people at Cobalt... but I find it odd that it ONLY happens on my Raq2
> and not my other linux machines.
> 
> Many of my web page html files and also several of my cgi script files are
> having their permissions altered.  Regardless of who created the file or
> what site group they were in, the files are being changed to owner: HTTPD
> and group: USERS.
> 
> At first it was no big deal... because I could just log in as root and
> change them back.  But now it is beginning to interfere with the operation
> of my scripts as they require certain permission settings, and when they
> change to uid: HTTPD, the script can no longer access the file because it
> doesn't have rights.  Short of setting every file on my machine +777, what
> can I do to ensure this doesn't happen any more.
> 
> Also, is there a reason why this IS happenning???  Maybe if I could see
> some positive benefit for this happenning, I wouldn't be so adament towards
> stopping it.
> 
> Jim
> 
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