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Date:      Tue, 31 Jan 2012 11:51:31 +0100
From:      Damien Fleuriot <ml@my.gd>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Port upgrade change ownership of port installation directory and files
Message-ID:  <4F27C7B3.10502@my.gd>
In-Reply-To: <4F26F008.50902@lubnet.net>
References:  <4F2699F8.5000809@lubnet.net> <4F26A08A.8090203@my.gd> <4F26F008.50902@lubnet.net>

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On 1/30/12 8:31 PM, Lubomir Matousek wrote:
> 
> 
> 
>>
>>
>> On 1/30/12 2:24 PM, Lubomir Matousek wrote:
>>> I changed apache default user from www to wbserv.
>>>
>>> I changed also file ownership from www to wbserv.
>>>
>>>
>>> Is there any way for portupgrade, that the ownership of installed port
>>> files remains the same? It means wbserv?
>>>
>>
> 
> On 30.1.2012 14:52, Damien Fleuriot wrote:
> 
>> You'll want to be more specific, what files do you refer to ?
>>
>> If you're talking about the binaries and modules, they're owned by root
>> so this is a non issue.
>>
>> If you're talking about the configuration files, they're also owned by
>> root.
>>
>> If you're talking about SSL certificates you've installed them yourself
>> and a portupgrade will not change their perms.
>>
>> If you're talking about logfiles, these are your responsibility and,
>> again, the port won't change them.
>>
>> Last, if you're talking about your HTML/php/whatever files, these are
>> also your responsiblity and untouched by the port.
> 
> 
> Sorry for not being more specific.
> 
> After port upgrade
> portupgrade -rR squirrealmail
> 
> I have to
> chown -R wbserv:wbserv /var/spool/sqirrelmail
> 
> Or after upgrade of postfixadmin:
>  portupfrade -rR postfixadmin
> I have to change perms again:
>  chown -R wbserv:wbserv /usr/local/www/postfixadmin
> 
> What is the best aprroach? To specify correct file ownership at
> make.conf? How can I do that?
> 
> Lubomir


As pointed out by RW, make use of the WWWOWN and WWWGRP environment
variables in your /etc/make.conf , that should solve the problem for you.




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