[admin] Re: write access to web pages directory

[Kenny Tilton]

c-l.net admins, please check something out for me (see below):


Peter Denno wrote:

>
>I think you just need to login and change the ownership. The problem with the 
>public_html directory is that the permissions are all 644. They should be 664 
>if others in the cells-gtk group are to be able to modify the files. 
>
Caveat: I am using WinSCP for this. When I select the public_html 
directory and hit Properties, it pops up a nice, friendly dialog which 
allows me to tweak this stuff. The protections now are 775 (I just added 
X to the group)...But! It shows the group as Cells-gt, without the 
trailing "k". So I bet I get access under the owner privilieges, but 
that anyone in the cells-gtk group gets treated as an outsider....Oops. 
That might just be a WinSCP bug (not showing the "k"). When I go for the 
pop-up on group it shows Cells-gtk, not cells-gt. But then why was Peter 
seeing 644?

But by Unix skills are non-existent, and I am rapidly getting over my 
head. Can the c-l.net admins confirm this is the problem and suggest how 
to proceed? Including...

>
>That would work. If you don't think you will be doing much with cells-gtk, 
>allowing the sysadmin to change the ownership to pdenno wouldn't be a bad 
>idea. 
>
>cd /project/cells-gtk/public_html; chown -R pdenno .
>  
>
"changing ownership not permitted" <g>

Help!!!!!!! :)

kt

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