> Blair Strang wrote: > >> nodata wrote: >> >>> Good morning, >>> >>> I'm having a some permissions trouble with suexec running on Sarge. >>> >>> I have a virtualhost for a user called Bob which specifies User Bob and >>> Group Bob in the /etc/apache/conf.d/bob.conf file. >>> >> >> <snip> >> >>> If I switch user to bob, and run ls -la on /, /var, /var/www, >>> /var/www/bob >>> I can see all of the files, so why is apache running as this user not >>> able >>> to? >>> >>> >> >> Hiya, >> >> You'll probably find that all your Apache processes are running as >> www-data >> based on the User directive in your main httpd.conf -- and they can't >> read >> bob's files. Only CGI scripts will be affected by the "User" >> directive in a >> VirtualHost. >> >> From: http://httpd.apache.org/docs/mod/core.html#user >> >> "Special note: Use of this directive in <VirtualHost> requires a >> properly >> configured suEXEC wrapper. When used inside a <VirtualHost> in this >> manner, >> only the user that CGIs are run as is affected. Non-CGI requests are >> still >> processed with the user specified in the main User directive." > > Therefore, if you have a user called bob, and a group called bob, make > the files group readable, and make the user www-data a member of that > group. That should do it. Forget suexec, it is far more complicated than > what it sounds like you need. > > Regards, Upayavira > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
But then any other user with a website can access bob's files, plus it would limit me to 32 virtual hosts.
