Re: Error: Permision deny.
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 2005
It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 62980
interpreted = N
texte = or even easier: chmod 777 Because it's on your local machine, there's not much risk to allow "others" to edit the db. Thierry >You can modify /etc/group as root. > >Bill > >On Sep 9, 2005, at 10:35 AM, Kenneth Grome wrote: > >>I forgot to mention that this problem is on the development server >>on my desktop, not on a live server. >> >>One of the "pain in the ass" problems with webdna on MacOS X that's >>running as a desktop development server is that webdna changes the >>db files I create manually. It resets the permissions on these >>files so the owner and group are both "www". This prevents me from >>manually editing my db files (and it pisses me off because I always >>edit my webdna db files manually during development). >> >>I figure that if I could add myself to the "www" group this would >>not be a problem any more, because the "www" group can read and >>write to these files, which means I can too -- after I'm in that >>group. Too bad I don't know how to make myself a member of the >>"www" group ... :( >> >>Anyone know how I can do this? >> >>Sincerely, >>Kenneth Grome >>www.kengrome.com >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >>On Sep 9, 2005, at 21:20, William DeVaul wrote: >> >>>660 is probably ideal for you. The general idea is the least >>>amount of permissions needed to operate is the most secure you can >>>be. >>> >>>Apache and WebDNA need to operate as the user www or httpd >>>(depending on your distribution of Linux). Then, just to make >>>things confusing, there is also a group called httpd or www. Your >>>user needs to be a part of that group to r/w to those files. >>> >>>Here are some useful commands that one should read about and >>>understand before using: >>> >>>ls -al (this will show the current directory with permissions and owners) >>>chown (this will allow one to change the ownership) >>>chmod (this will modify the permissions) >>>chgrp (this will allow one to add a user to a group) >>> >>>Try man ls or man chown to read more about the commands before >>>using them. I also recommend having a few good books on unix or >>>linux. >>> >>>Bill >>> >>> >>>On Sep 9, 2005, at 1:59 AM, Frank Nordberg wrote: >>> >>>>William DeVaul wrote: >>>>>666 is textbook insecure. >>>> >>>>Yes, but I think the general idea is to allow visitors to both >>>>access and add to/modify the data through WebDNA so there's gotta >>>>be a 6 there somewhere. Question is where does WebDNA fit in? >>>>owner? group? world? >>>> >>>>Who is this group anyway? I thought that parameter wasn't really >>>>relevant at all for a reguar public web site. >>>> >>>>>The bits are given for read(4)/write(2)/execute(1). >>>> >>>>Thanks, I'll try to remember it now. I think the reason why I >>>>have to look it up every time is that the system seems to be the >>>>opposite of what one would intuively expect: "read" (the least >>>>intrusive action) for the lowest bit and "execute" (the riskiest >>>>one) for the highest. >>>> >>>> >>>>Frank Nordberg >>> >>> >>>------------------------------------------------------------- >>>This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to >>> the mailing list
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or even easier: chmod 777 Because it's on your local machine, there's not much risk to allow "others" to edit the db. Thierry >You can modify /etc/group as root. > >Bill > >On Sep 9, 2005, at 10:35 AM, Kenneth Grome wrote: > >>I forgot to mention that this problem is on the development server >>on my desktop, not on a live server. >> >>One of the "pain in the ass" problems with webdna on MacOS X that's >>running as a desktop development server is that webdna changes the >>db files I create manually. It resets the permissions on these >>files so the owner and group are both "www". This prevents me from >>manually editing my db files (and it pisses me off because I always >>edit my webdna db files manually during development). >> >>I figure that if I could add myself to the "www" group this would >>not be a problem any more, because the "www" group can read and >>write to these files, which means I can too -- after I'm in that >>group. Too bad I don't know how to make myself a member of the >>"www" group ... :( >> >>Anyone know how I can do this? >> >>Sincerely, >>Kenneth Grome >>www.kengrome.com >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >>On Sep 9, 2005, at 21:20, William DeVaul wrote: >> >>>660 is probably ideal for you. The general idea is the least >>>amount of permissions needed to operate is the most secure you can >>>be. >>> >>>Apache and WebDNA need to operate as the user www or httpd >>>(depending on your distribution of Linux). Then, just to make >>>things confusing, there is also a group called httpd or www. Your >>>user needs to be a part of that group to r/w to those files. >>> >>>Here are some useful commands that one should read about and >>>understand before using: >>> >>>ls -al (this will show the current directory with permissions and owners) >>>chown (this will allow one to change the ownership) >>>chmod (this will modify the permissions) >>>chgrp (this will allow one to add a user to a group) >>> >>>Try man ls or man chown to read more about the commands before >>>using them. I also recommend having a few good books on unix or >>>linux. >>> >>>Bill >>> >>> >>>On Sep 9, 2005, at 1:59 AM, Frank Nordberg wrote: >>> >>>>William DeVaul wrote: >>>>>666 is textbook insecure. >>>> >>>>Yes, but I think the general idea is to allow visitors to both >>>>access and add to/modify the data through WebDNA so there's gotta >>>>be a 6 there somewhere. Question is where does WebDNA fit in? >>>>owner? group? world? >>>> >>>>Who is this group anyway? I thought that parameter wasn't really >>>>relevant at all for a reguar public web site. >>>> >>>>>The bits are given for read(4)/write(2)/execute(1). >>>> >>>>Thanks, I'll try to remember it now. I think the reason why I >>>>have to look it up every time is that the system seems to be the >>>>opposite of what one would intuively expect: "read" (the least >>>>intrusive action) for the lowest bit and "execute" (the riskiest >>>>one) for the highest. >>>> >>>> >>>>Frank Nordberg >>> >>> >>>------------------------------------------------------------- >>>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/ >>> >> >> >>------------------------------------------------------------- >>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/ >> > > >------------------------------------------------------------- >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/ ------------------------------------------------------------- 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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