[Sussex] permission problem with apache2/php -solved

[Tony Austin]

I have reverted to my pre ext2-extensions-with-ACL kernel (remembering to
remove the reference to acl in /etc/fstab after the first reboot failed)
and the standard Unix group permissions now work.

I guess that installing ACL must stop the standard stuff, as you don't
really  need it any more.

Tony

> Further info;:-
>
>> I am trying to use PHP opendir() function to access a directory in the
>> filesystem but I get "Warning: opendir(/var/spool/mail/billy): failed to
>> open dir: Permission denied"
>>
>> the directory in question is:-
>>
>> #ls
>> drwxr-x---    8 billy    sm_billy     4096 Dec  3 12:19 billy
>>
>
> If I change this to:-
>
> drwxr-x---    8 billy    apache     4096 Dec  3 12:19 billy
>
> it works, so maybe I am misunderstanding how to make user "apache" a
> member of group "sm_billy" as below
>
>> I have made user apache a member of group sm_billy in /etc/group:-
>>
>> sm_billy::2001:apache
>>
>> If I change the permissions to drwxr-xr-x, I can open the directory, but
>> I
>> want to make it work without opening the permissions up to everyone.
>>
>> I am runing apache2 and ps aux shows it to be running as user apache.
>>
>> Anyone any ideas?  This doesn't look like to should be difficult at all.
>>
>> Regards.
>>
>> Tony Austin
>> Gigaday Computing Limited
>> http://www.gigaday.com
>> tony at gigaday.com
>>
>>
>>
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>>
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>
>
> Regards.
>
> Tony Austin
> Gigaday Computing Limited
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> tony at gigaday.com
>
>
>
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Regards.

Tony Austin
Gigaday Computing Limited
http://www.gigaday.com
tony at gigaday.com



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George W. Bush
August 25, 2001
Referring to a trail he is clearing on his Crawford, TX ranch.