'Nobody": ownership of files created by makesite
Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2011 9:36 amHello all,
This is arguably more a server administration issue than a Xataface issue, but perhaps it can be (or has been) addressed by here.
On many servers, files that are generated by the execution of a script or program (such as makesite) through the server's php or Apache engine will show the created files as being owned by 'nobody'. In the case of Xataface, files created in the templates_c directory are owned by 'nobody' and not by the creator of the file (or the logged-in user). This means that those files can not be manipulated ... or removed!
There are a variety of approaches to handling this problem (products like suPHP, CGI Wrapper, etc); but these are subject to a variety of configuration constraints which can vary by server and administrator.
Is it possible to alter the makefile script so as to add a 'chown' command (change ownership) of a file to the script, so that the file that is created has its ownership changed from 'nobody' to the logged-in user as part of the program execution? For instance, as makesite executes a 'mkdir' command, could it then execute a 'chown -R' on the created file or directory?
TIA for your suggestions!
-manifold
This is arguably more a server administration issue than a Xataface issue, but perhaps it can be (or has been) addressed by here.
On many servers, files that are generated by the execution of a script or program (such as makesite) through the server's php or Apache engine will show the created files as being owned by 'nobody'. In the case of Xataface, files created in the templates_c directory are owned by 'nobody' and not by the creator of the file (or the logged-in user). This means that those files can not be manipulated ... or removed!
There are a variety of approaches to handling this problem (products like suPHP, CGI Wrapper, etc); but these are subject to a variety of configuration constraints which can vary by server and administrator.
Is it possible to alter the makefile script so as to add a 'chown' command (change ownership) of a file to the script, so that the file that is created has its ownership changed from 'nobody' to the logged-in user as part of the program execution? For instance, as makesite executes a 'mkdir' command, could it then execute a 'chown -R' on the created file or directory?
TIA for your suggestions!
-manifold