[wellylug] Setting up a simple web server

[Jamie Baddeley]

cliff,

On Tue, 2005-08-09 at 19:42 +1200, Cliff Pratt wrote:
> Please don't top post.
> 
> Continued below.
> 
> John Durham wrote:
> > Oddly, the problem has been solved. I changed permissions to 777 with
> > chmod and found the files could be copied. Afterwards, I changed it back
> > to 755. The website files are finally in the right place.
> > 
> > Now the files are there, I've just got to get the network to see them.
> > On Tue, 2005-08-09 at 10:11 +1200, David Antliff wrote:
> > 
> >>On Tue, 9 Aug 2005, John Durham wrote:
> >>
> >>>I'm trying to set up a simple web server on Ubuntu, and I'm the only
> >>>user. Root access is available, and I have created a folder at:
> >>>root at ubuntu:/home/httpd/html
> >>>Using gedit, I created a simple html page as a place marker to
> >>>experiment with. The problem is, the system is rejecting my efforts to
> >>>change the folder permissions so files can be saved there!
> >>>
> >>>>From the httpd directory I tried:
> >>>
> >>>chmod 755 html
> >>>There were no complaints from the system, yet when I try to add the
> >>>files in the html folder, it complains I don't have permission to do
> >>>that.
> >>
> >>I suspect it's not rejecting the instruction to change the permissions - 
> >>it's more likely some sort of misunderstanding about how the permissions 
> >>apply.
> >>
> >>Firstly, you can do ls -l to view the permissions on all files and 
> >>directories in the current directory.
> >>
> >>Also, although the numerical notation is shorter and you'll probably end 
> >>up using it eventually anyway, it can be useful to use the 'ugo' syntax. 
> >>Have a look at 'man chmod' for details.
> >>
> >>E.g. 'chmod 755 somefile' is the same as 'chmod u=rwx,g=rx,o=rx 
> >>somefile'
> >>
> >>  u = user owner of file
> >>  g = group owner of file
> >>  o = others (everyone else)
> >>
> >>  r = read
> >>  w = write
> >>  x = execute
> >>
> >>Perhaps post the output of 'ls -l' here?  Maybe you creates the directory 
> >>as the root user (so user includes write) but you're trying to write a 
> >>file in that directory as another user (other only has read and 
> >>execute)?
> >>
> Everyone here posts at the bottom. It's ettiquette to follow 
> suit.

sod off.

love jamie
xxx

> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Cliff
> 

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Jamie Baddeley <wellylug at vpc.co.nz>