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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers Only allowing chmod 777 for file upload folder Post 302459055 by Neo on Sunday 3rd of October 2010 01:26:09 PM
Old 10-03-2010
More-than-like you have a permission problem related to the userid (UID) of the process running the web server and the userid (UID) and/or groupid (UID) of the directory.
 

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ubuntu-upload-permission

ubuntu-upload-permission(1)				      General Commands Manual				       ubuntu-upload-permission(1)

NAME

       ubuntu-upload-permission - Query upload rights and (optionally) list the people and teams with upload rights for a package

SYNOPSIS

       ubuntu-upload-permission [options] package

DESCRIPTION

       ubuntu-upload-permission checks if the user has upload permissions for package.	If the --list-uploaders option is provided, all the people
       and teams that do have upload rights for package will be listed.

OPTIONS

       -r RELEASE, --release=RELEASE
	      Query permissions in RELEASE.  Default: current development release.

       -a, --list-uploaders
	      List all the people and teams who have upload rights for package.

       -t, --list-team-members
	      List all the members of every team with rights. (Implies --list-uploaders)

       -h, --help
	      Display a help message and exit

EXIT STATUS

       0      You have the necessary upload rights.

       1      You don't have the necessary upload rights.

       2      There was an error.

AUTHORS

       ubuntu-upload-permission and this manpage were written by Stefano Rivera <stefanor@ubuntu.com>.

       Both are released under the terms of the ISC License.

ubuntu-dev-tools						   November 2011				       ubuntu-upload-permission(1)
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