Re: WebSTAR, OSX, WebDNA permissions problem ...

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2005

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texte = As everyone is indicating, the problem is likely an ownership and permissions issue. Here's how I'd go about it on my Linux box. You will need to adjust for WebStar in place of apache. Funny thing is I'm really a diehard Mac user, but I only know how to use Linux/Apache at the commandline. Here's what NOT to do:>chmod -r 777 folderWhile that will fix your problem, anyone can make, change or execute anything in the folder. The real solution is to:1. Determine what process is writing the files, i.e. who needs permission?>ps -auxLook for the web server process running. On my Linux box it is httpd and the owner is apache. This tells me that apache should own the folder it is writing to regularly.2. Determine who owns the folder of interest.>cd "the parent of the directory that apache will write to"I used quotes because Mac users often use spaces.Then, >ls -alLook for the directory that apache will be writing to. Then check its ownership and permissions. It should be apache:apache for owner:group and the permissions may be 664 or rw-rw-r--. That is fairly safe, but 660 is better if anyone else can access the box but an administrator and you have some confidential information there. You may have to>su or >sudo with an admin password to make the following change:>chown -r apache:apache "the directory that apache will write to">chmod -r 664 "the directory that apache will write to"Then, gracefully restart apache and WebCatalog using the scripts that are provided in the sbin folder (su or sudo required for the following commands):>/etc/sbin/apachectl -k graceful>/etc/sbin/WebCatalogCtl restartIf you have trouble locating the scripts, try>locate apachectl (or its WebStar equivalent)>locate WebCatalogCtlThe scripts are recommended over killing the process because they finish running existing processes before restarting. That's the step by step that I recall for my Linux box-------------------------------------------------------------This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list .To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

Re: WebSTAR, OSX, WebDNA permissions problem ... ( devaulw@onebox.com 2005)
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Re: WebSTAR, OSX, WebDNA permissions problem ... ( John Peacock 2005)
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Re: WebSTAR, OSX, WebDNA permissions problem ... ( Jesse Proudman 2005)
Re: WebSTAR, OSX, WebDNA permissions problem ... ( "Nitai @ ComputerOil" 2005)
Re: WebSTAR, OSX, WebDNA permissions problem ... ( Jesse Proudman 2005)
Re: WebSTAR, OSX, WebDNA permissions problem ... ( "Nitai @ ComputerOil" 2005)
Re: WebSTAR, OSX, WebDNA permissions problem ... ( charles kline 2005)
WebSTAR, OSX, WebDNA permissions problem ... ( Kenneth Grome 2005)

As everyone is indicating, the problem is likely an ownership and permissions issue. Here's how I'd go about it on my Linux box. You will need to adjust for WebStar in place of apache. Funny thing is I'm really a diehard Mac user, but I only know how to use Linux/Apache at the commandline. Here's what NOT to do:>chmod -r 777 folderWhile that will fix your problem, anyone can make, change or execute anything in the folder. The real solution is to:1. Determine what process is writing the files, i.e. who needs permission?>ps -auxLook for the web server process running. On my Linux box it is httpd and the owner is apache. This tells me that apache should own the folder it is writing to regularly.2. Determine who owns the folder of interest.>cd "the parent of the directory that apache will write to"I used quotes because Mac users often use spaces.Then, >ls -alLook for the directory that apache will be writing to. Then check its ownership and permissions. It should be apache:apache for owner:group and the permissions may be 664 or rw-rw-r--. That is fairly safe, but 660 is better if anyone else can access the box but an administrator and you have some confidential information there. You may have to>su or >sudo with an admin password to make the following change:>chown -r apache:apache "the directory that apache will write to">chmod -r 664 "the directory that apache will write to"Then, gracefully restart apache and WebCatalog using the scripts that are provided in the sbin folder (su or sudo required for the following commands):>/etc/sbin/apachectl -k graceful>/etc/sbin/WebCatalogCtl restartIf you have trouble locating the scripts, try>locate apachectl (or its WebStar equivalent)>locate WebCatalogCtlThe scripts are recommended over killing the process because they finish running existing processes before restarting. That's the step by step that I recall for my Linux box-------------------------------------------------------------This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list .To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ devaulw@onebox.com

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