Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2006 22:54:10 +0100 From: Benjamin Ruston <ben.ruston@ntlworld.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: user permissions Message-ID: <44C93602.9000506@ntlworld.com> In-Reply-To: <AC96E486-089B-4A2B-8C6E-F488E009933B@gmail.com> References: <AC96E486-089B-4A2B-8C6E-F488E009933B@gmail.com>
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eoghan 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
To change a directory ownership use chown user /home/user/public_html
obviously substituting user for the desired username. As for your
public_html issues, you need to search your apache configuration file
for the UserDir module section and if it's disabled, enable it. Mine
looks like this:
<IfModule userdir_module>
UserDir public_html
UserDir disabled root toor daemon operator bin tty kmem games news
man sshd bind proxy _pflogd _dhcp uucp pop www nobody$
#
# Control access to UserDir directories. The following is an example
# for a site where these directories are restricted to read-only.
#
<Directory /home/*/public_html>
AllowOverride FileInfo AuthConfig Limit Indexes
Options MultiViews Indexes SymLinksIfOwnerMatch IncludesNoExec
<Limit GET POST OPTIONS PROPFIND>
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
</Limit>
<LimitExcept GET POST OPTIONS PROPFIND>
Order deny,allow
Deny from all
</LimitExcept>
</Directory>
</IfModule>
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