RE: [cobalt-users] Folder Rights Issue

[Arthur Sherman <arturs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

You could ssh to your server as cobalt admin, and su later - this would give
you rights over others files. 
I also think su'ing will help with your second question as well, won't it?

Arthur Sherman

-----Original Message-----
From: cobalt-users-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:cobalt-users-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Barnaby Mortensen
Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 2004 10:45
To: cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [cobalt-users] Folder Rights Issue

I'm pretty sure this is a straightforward issue and I'm pretty sure it's a
users rights issue.  I know a long winded way to get around this, but wanted
to get some feedback from the group.

Typically clients will ask me to quick do this, or quick do that on the
server.  I'll log in via FTP as admin, move to their directory and make the
changes (add a folder, remove a folder, a file, etc.)

I've noticed two things:

1)If a user FTP's in with his username and creates a folder, my admin
account can't get ownership rights to that folder to make some changes
(delete, etc.)  Is this common?  Shouldn't admin have the ability to alter
(delete folders, etc.) anything on the server?

2)If I FTP in as admin and make changes to a user's directory (create a
folder, etc.) the user then doesn't have the necessary rights to make
changes (delete, etc.) to that folder I created (rename, delete, etc.)  If a
user has site admin priveleges on the entire site, shouldn't they be able to
do what they need to do to administer the entire site directory?  I've also
seen situations where a user of a site FTP's in, creates a folder.  Then the
siteadmin FTP's in and tries to delete it--no avail.

I know CHMOD'ing the folders helps with some rights issues, but  not all.

Has anyone come across this and have they found a way around it?  The two
most important things I want to do is a)have the ability (as admin) to edit
folders (delete, etc.) that users on the server may have created and b)work
as admin in a site's directory and allow the site admin to have the
necessary rights to folders in that directory for deleting, etc.

I'm not powerhungry.....I just manage a lot of client sites on my server and
don't want to limit myself or the client's siteadmin anywhere along the way.

Thoughts??

BTW:  My server is a Cobalt RaQ XTR

Thanks...

Barnaby

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