Re: [cobalt-users] Who shoud own a file ??

[Alisa Young <ayoung@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

on 8/30/01 1:37 PM, R. Hamburg at cobalt@xxxxxxx wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> I'm in need of some feedback.
> 
> I have some v-sites on a raq4, now we have installed some software for the
> users of that v-site which is installed in /test (example)
> We want the users to be able to use the programms BUT they are not allowed
> to change anything in the installation file.
> What is best to do ?
> 
> chown the /test file ?
> or chown files within that dir ?? (like /test/test.file)
> 
> Please give me some feedback.
> 
> 
> Robbert
> 
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What I do is chown the /test file to root.  As a double safety measure I
also chown the files within to admin & chmod 700 that way is viewable by the
world via a browser, yet if the client accesses the directory via ftp, they
aren't able to download, overwrite or delete it, but their still able to use
it.

Hope this helps.

Alisa