Re: 4.0 Mac OS 9 -> 4.5 Mac OS X

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2002


It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 41375
interpreted = N
texte = Jesse Williams-Proudman wrote: > As for permissions, I know databases are set to 660, but what should the > rest of the files be? What about Orders folders and ShoppingCart folders? > > How about files and folders that WebCat needs to write to? They should be > owned by WebCat right? > 660 is not required either. You would be far safer with 600 (u+rw), but you would have to make all files/directories owned by the WebCat user. Only if you want to grant Group access to the files would you do 660 (ug+rw). If this machine has no outside logins, you can be a little less compulsive, but you didn't hear that from me. ;~)Get a book on Unix administration; no matter how much the Mac front end hides it, Mac OS/X is still *nix.John-- John Peacock Director of Information Research and Technology Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group 4720 Boston Way Lanham, MD 20706 301-459-3366 x.5010 fax 301-429-5747 ------------------------------------------------------------- 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://search.smithmicro.com/ Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
  1. Re: 4.0 Mac OS 9 -> 4.5 Mac OS X (John Peacock 2002)
  2. 4.0 Mac OS 9 -> 4.5 Mac OS X (Jesse Williams-Proudman 2002)
Jesse Williams-Proudman wrote: > As for permissions, I know databases are set to 660, but what should the > rest of the files be? What about Orders folders and ShoppingCart folders? > > How about files and folders that WebCat needs to write to? They should be > owned by WebCat right? > 660 is not required either. You would be far safer with 600 (u+rw), but you would have to make all files/directories owned by the WebCat user. Only if you want to grant Group access to the files would you do 660 (ug+rw). If this machine has no outside logins, you can be a little less compulsive, but you didn't hear that from me. ;~)Get a book on Unix administration; no matter how much the Mac front end hides it, Mac OS/X is still *nix.John-- John Peacock Director of Information Research and Technology Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group 4720 Boston Way Lanham, MD 20706 301-459-3366 x.5010 fax 301-429-5747 ------------------------------------------------------------- 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://search.smithmicro.com/ John Peacock

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