Re: [WebDNA] sudo and shell

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2010

It keeps the original formatting. numero = 105172
interpreted = N
texte = --Apple-Mail-2--679675921Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printableContent-Type: text/plain;charset=us-asciiI gave it another try.The folder to delete is:=/Library/PodcastProducer/Shared/Content/2010-03-31/3B74EFFD-27D6-4F5F-9460=-1DA5D360C7B5.prbI set permissions for the folder "2010-03-31" to 777 recursively.Then I restarted WebDNA (just in case)The command is:[shell]/bin/rm -rf =/Library/PodcastProducer/Shared/Content/2010-03-31/3B74EFFD-27D6-4F5F-9460=-1DA5D360C7B5.prb[/shell]But the folder wont get deleted ....I searched for log entries for this event but didn't find any.Any ideas what I could try?Thierry> Thierry Almy wrote:> [snip]>> this looks quite tricky ... more difficult that I have thought ...>> I changed the ownership of the Content Folder to 777 -R, but it =didn't help, guess I'd have to change the folders above as well ...>> I don't want to mess up permissions in the PodcastProducer Library, =it's quite a delicately system and I don't want to break it! so I went =back to 775.>=20>=20> You won't have to change perms a level above the 'Content' folder, but =you will have to change the actual file that you want to delete. Both> the content and the file to delete must be writable by WebDNA's user> or group.>=20> Also, it shouldn't hurt the PodcastProducer setup in going the =direction> of "more accessible" regarding permissions. 777 should be fine.. at =least for testing.>=20>=20>> If the rm -rf isn't possible, I'm thinking about writing the folder =paths to be deleted in a database. Then retrieve them all together =formatted as a shell script which can be copy/pasted in to the terminal =then enter the password manually.>> It's not the solution that I have dreamed of but better than nothing =...>=20>=20> Sure, access to the non Web portions of a server via an appropriate =SSH session is likely more recommended. There is a reason why you run =your web environment as a different user:group than> the rest of the server. ;-)>=20>=20> Donovan>=20--Apple-Mail-2--679675921Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printableContent-Type: text/html;charset=us-ascii==--Apple-Mail-2--679675921-- Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

Re: [WebDNA] sudo and shell (Donovan Brooke 2010) Re: [WebDNA] sudo and shell (Thierry Almy 2010) Re: [WebDNA] sudo and shell (Donovan Brooke 2010) Re: [WebDNA] sudo and shell (Thierry Almy 2010) Re: [WebDNA] sudo and shell (Donovan Brooke 2010) Re: [WebDNA] sudo and shell (Thierry Almy 2010) Re: [WebDNA] sudo and shell (Thierry Almy 2010) Re: [WebDNA] sudo and shell (Thierry Almy 2010) Re: [WebDNA] sudo and shell (Bob Minor 2010) Re: [WebDNA] sudo and shell (Donovan Brooke 2010) [WebDNA] sudo and shell (Thierry Almy 2010)

--Apple-Mail-2--679675921Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printableContent-Type: text/plain;charset=us-asciiI gave it another try.The folder to delete is:=/Library/PodcastProducer/Shared/Content/2010-03-31/3B74EFFD-27D6-4F5F-9460=-1DA5D360C7B5.prbI set permissions for the folder "2010-03-31" to 777 recursively.Then I restarted WebDNA (just in case)The command is:[shell]/bin/rm -rf =/Library/PodcastProducer/Shared/Content/2010-03-31/3B74EFFD-27D6-4F5F-9460=-1DA5D360C7B5.prb[/shell]But the folder wont get deleted ....I searched for log entries for this event but didn't find any.Any ideas what I could try?Thierry> Thierry Almy wrote:> [snip]>> this looks quite tricky ... more difficult that I have thought ...>> I changed the ownership of the Content Folder to 777 -R, but it =didn't help, guess I'd have to change the folders above as well ...>> I don't want to mess up permissions in the PodcastProducer Library, =it's quite a delicately system and I don't want to break it! so I went =back to 775.>=20>=20> You won't have to change perms a level above the 'Content' folder, but =you will have to change the actual file that you want to delete. Both> the content and the file to delete must be writable by WebDNA's user> or group.>=20> Also, it shouldn't hurt the PodcastProducer setup in going the =direction> of "more accessible" regarding permissions. 777 should be fine.. at =least for testing.>=20>=20>> If the rm -rf isn't possible, I'm thinking about writing the folder =paths to be deleted in a database. Then retrieve them all together =formatted as a shell script which can be copy/pasted in to the terminal =then enter the password manually.>> It's not the solution that I have dreamed of but better than nothing =...>=20>=20> Sure, access to the non Web portions of a server via an appropriate =SSH session is likely more recommended. There is a reason why you run =your web environment as a different user:group than> the rest of the server. ;-)>=20>=20> Donovan>=20--Apple-Mail-2--679675921Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printableContent-Type: text/html;charset=us-ascii==--Apple-Mail-2--679675921-- Thierry Almy

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