Re: My server admin needs help ...
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numero = 57115
interpreted = N
texte = >On Mar 24, 2004, at 5:35 PM, Kenneth Grome wrote: > >>So let me ask you this ... do you know if running on linux with >>webdna 4.0.x (which does not have the three preferences you >>mentioned) would make it impossible for the server administrator to >>fix the permissions problems I've been having? >> >>Jesse Proudman apparently thinks so because his server is colocated >>with the same guy, and they have been talking about this and trying >>to "figure out" why I've been having all these unresolved >>permissions problems. Apparently their conclusion is that these >>problems will *always* exist when running anything less than v4.5.1 >>on linux ... something any decent webdna server host should know if >>it is in fact true. > >It is true. Prior to 4.5.1, WebCatalog writes files to the disk as >the same user and group as the WebCatalog process and with >permissions as 640 which will prevent any one but the user that >WebCatalog is running as from modifying the files. > >4.5.1 gives the admin the ability to set the permissions of written >files to 660 which then allows a group member to modify them. > >It's not something that was "figured out," I just needed all the >information because I was able to come to that answer. Jesse, maybe you did not have to "figure it out" but Greg certainly did. He's the administrator of my hosting service yet he had "No idea" (a direct quote from him) why he could never fix my permissions problems. So thanks for helping him to learn what he needs to know about hosting webdna v4.0.x on linux ... :) -- Kenneth Grome WebDNA Programmer Outsource Service Provider Phone: +6332 255-6591 ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list
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>On Mar 24, 2004, at 5:35 PM, Kenneth Grome wrote: > >>So let me ask you this ... do you know if running on linux with >>webdna 4.0.x (which does not have the three preferences you >>mentioned) would make it impossible for the server administrator to >>fix the permissions problems I've been having? >> >>Jesse Proudman apparently thinks so because his server is colocated >>with the same guy, and they have been talking about this and trying >>to "figure out" why I've been having all these unresolved >>permissions problems. Apparently their conclusion is that these >>problems will *always* exist when running anything less than v4.5.1 >>on linux ... something any decent webdna server host should know if >>it is in fact true. > >It is true. Prior to 4.5.1, WebCatalog writes files to the disk as >the same user and group as the WebCatalog process and with >permissions as 640 which will prevent any one but the user that >WebCatalog is running as from modifying the files. > >4.5.1 gives the admin the ability to set the permissions of written >files to 660 which then allows a group member to modify them. > >It's not something that was "figured out," I just needed all the >information because I was able to come to that answer. Jesse, maybe you did not have to "figure it out" but Greg certainly did. He's the administrator of my hosting service yet he had "No idea" (a direct quote from him) why he could never fix my permissions problems. So thanks for helping him to learn what he needs to know about hosting webdna v4.0.x on linux ... :) -- Kenneth Grome WebDNA Programmer Outsource Service Provider Phone: +6332 255-6591 ------------------------------------------------------------- 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/
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