Permission Scheme

  • Resolved anto60

    (@anto60)


    7 years, 12 months ago

    Hi.

    I would install WordPress on my user quota on shared linux host (other users are present on the host and webserver use the www-data user).

    I read the instruction on https://codex.www.ads-software.com/Changing_File_Permissions#Permission_Scheme_for_WordPress, then i think that my user account will own the WordPress file but i do not realize who is group user and which permission i must assign it.

    Can i use these permission for directories and files?
    a) 770 myuser www-data for root installation and other directories
    b) 660 myuser www-data for files

    Many thanks.

    Antonino

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  • Moderator Steven Stern (sterndata)

    (@sterndata)

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    771/660 should work. (You want the 1 to allow directory traversals).

    Ideally, EACH website runs under a different ID so www-data is not necessary at all. Check with the System Admin to see if php-fm or suphp or something like that is being used.

    Thread Starter anto60

    (@anto60)

    Thanks Steve.

    But according your opinion, is it better to follow Debian’s default webroot policy or FHS? Should I install my web apps in /srv or /var/www?

    Moderator Steven Stern (sterndata)

    (@sterndata)

    Volunteer Forum Moderator

    I don’t use Debian (I’m a RH/Centos/Fedora person), so all my sites are in /var/www/something

    Thread Starter anto60

    (@anto60)

    Thanks.

    But my user, proprietary of directory where i installed wordpress, must be too in the group of Apache user?

    Moderator Steven Stern (sterndata)

    (@sterndata)

    Volunteer Forum Moderator

    not necessarily so, but it helps. ??

    I set up my sites so they’re user:group where my personal ID is in the group and ‘user’ is the user of the httpd process (which is unique to the site).

    Thread Starter anto60

    (@anto60)

    But then you create a group (user Apache and you) for every user that get a web root?

    Moderator Steven Stern (sterndata)

    (@sterndata)

    Volunteer Forum Moderator

    no. (1) Each site runs under a different user. You can do this via mod_ruid2, suphp, or php-fm. (2) I don’t generally use groups. I set up the site as user:user and if I need to edit a file on the server, I use sudo to do so.

    Thread Starter anto60

    (@anto60)

    Hi Steve. I am tring some configurations to test my environment, i will update you.

    Thread Starter anto60

    (@anto60)

    I finished my tests, i configured my web root with these settings: rwxrws—, the proprietary is the user and the group is (apache user, user) where the “user” is user that manage wordpress.

    Thanks. Goodbye.

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