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Old 09-21-2010
Permissions of the folder var/www

what should be the permissions of the folder var/www in my ubuntu ?

I need it to be safe and at the same time I need ftp users to be able to edit it.

I was wondering if I should create a group with all permissions and add ftp users to this group in unix.

what's the standard way to do it ?

thanks
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Old 09-21-2010
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Originally Posted by aneuryzma
what should be the permissions of the folder var/www in my ubuntu ?

I need it to be safe and at the same time I need ftp users to be able to edit it.

I was wondering if I should create a group with all permissions and add ftp users to this group in unix.
That sounds a sensible way to do it.
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Old 09-21-2010
what "sensible" means in this context ? Smilie Good ? Bad ?
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Old 09-21-2010
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Originally Posted by dictionary.com
sen·si·ble
   /ˈsɛnsəbəl/ Show Spelled[sen-suh-buhl]
–adjective
1. having, using, or showing good sense or sound judgment
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Old 09-21-2010
An alternative, but more fine-grained, approach would be to use access control lists (ACLs) to control write access to /var/www to specific users.
 
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