Re: [Nolug] permissions in apache

Thanks for the info, I performed the chmod and now I get the setup
screen to test install.
I need to make a few changes and I should be up and running.
Thanks Again, Charles

On Fri, 2004-10-29 at 20:03, Jonathan Schwehm wrote:

> You definately need the correct permissions to be able to view the site.
> Open a terminal window, cd to the proper directory (ie
> /srv/www/htdocs/egroupware) and execute this:
>
> chmod -R 755 *
>
> That'll change all permissions to files in that directory and child
> directory to rwxr-xr-w and you'll be able to view the site through your
> webserver.
>
> And if apache is running under a certain account, or if you'd like to be
> able to edit the site without having to login as root, change the user
> and/or group ownership of the pages as well.
>
> As far as setting your user permissions to run as root, it kinda depends
> on what you want to do. Sometimes it's easy to change your group to the
> same as root's to take care of a lot of issues with being able to edit
> certain files (if the permissions are correct). Or you can add yourself
> to the 'sudoers' file (with no password requirement) so you can use sudo
> to run any command.
>
> Jonathan
>
> Charles Cox wrote:
>
> > I am trying to install eGroupware .I have the folder in
> > /srv/www/htdocs/ when I try to access
> > http://192.168.2.103/egroupware/setup I get an error that I dont have
> > permission to access this file.
> > Do I need to setup permissions for this directory, how should I do
> > this. Running SuSe9.1
> > How can I set user permissions under my username to have admin rights
> > like root without being logged in as root?
> >
> > Thanks
> > Charles
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