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From: "jan gestre" <freebsd.ph@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: user permissions
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On 7/28/06, eoghan <eoghanj@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi
> I have a user that I use for doing the odd bit of work on my
> freebsd-6.1-RELEASE machine.
> I wanted to set apache to work from:
> /home/user/public_html/
> instead of the default location. I can create these folders no
> problems but i have to do it as root:
> mkdir /home/user/public_html/
> How do I ensure my user can copy files from gui (gnome) to this
> folder. Im told I dont have permission to copy to this folder.
> Also apache tells me I dont have permission when I change the
> DocumentRoot to point to /home/user/public_html/
> Just not sure how to go about giving a user permissions on files/
> folders I want them to be able to edit. Any pointers?
> Thanks
> Eoghan
>

the default permission for apache assuming you are using apache22 is 755,
changing it to 777 will have security repercusions, why not add that user to
group that owns/runs apache or give that user sudo power.

HTH