Sponsored Content
Full Discussion: file permissions on www
Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers file permissions on www Post 44594 by vic20 on Monday 8th of December 2003 09:46:52 PM
Old 12-08-2003
Data file permissions on www

I recently purchased an account at a web host provider.
When I logged into my file system for the first time to check the file permissions, I noticed that the file permissions on the www folder where like this:

drwxr-x---

The index.html file was in the www folder as expected.

If I have understood right, "the world", that means all the unknown people who visit my web page, usually belongs to "other". With file permissions set like this, I expected that no one could access my web page, but I still could access it when I pointed my browser to my domain!!??

I guess the reason is that "the world" belongs to "group" rather than "other"......or ?

Any ideas why my web host provider has set up the permissions like this ? Is this a security problem ?


Thanks
Regards
Victor Haugen
 

9 More Discussions You Might Find Interesting

1. Cybersecurity

help with file permissions

Every time I copy files to a directory I am unable to edit the files. Why? The user is part of the group that has permissions to edit. The user can create and delete files but cannot edit files that are copied to the directory? :confused: (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: bbbngowc
3 Replies

2. HP-UX

To give the "unzip" permissions & "create" file permissions

Hi, I am a Unix Admin. I have to give the permissions to a user for creating new file in a directory in HP-Ux 11.11 system since he cannot able to create a new file in the directory. Thanks in advance. Mike (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: Mike1234
3 Replies

3. UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users

File Permissions

Hi All, Could any one help me on is there any file where all file permissions are being stored? Please help me. (10 Replies)
Discussion started by: umesh.rout
10 Replies

4. Shell Programming and Scripting

Retain file permissions when saving .sh file from internet [OS X]

Hello. I have written a bash script that I am sharing with an OS X community I am a member of. The purpose of the script is to execute a series of commands for members without them having to get involved with Terminal, as it can be daunting for those with no experience of it at all. I have renamed... (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: baza210
4 Replies

5. Web Development

var/www/html permissions

Hi, first post. I have no Linux experience. I have an e-friend that set me up a VPS and my website with Apache and FTP access so I could upload my files the way I do it regularly with my shared hosting. The OS in the VPS is Fedora by the way. Now the thing is: http ://www.mydomain.com presents... (0 Replies)
Discussion started by: JPA
0 Replies

6. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

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 ?... (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: aneuryzma
4 Replies

7. Solaris

file permissions

There is the following file in my filesystem (VXFS) shown by "ls -l" command: ---s--l--- 1 user group 0 Mar 26 16:13 file.tmp What does "l" bit mean in these permissions? This is SunOS 5.10: $ uname -a SunOS hostname 5.10 Generic_144488-03 sun4u sparc SUNW,SPARC-Enterprise ... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: darkshine
2 Replies

8. Shell Programming and Scripting

ksh; Change file permissions, update file, change permissions back?

Hi, I am creating a ksh script to search for a string of text inside files within a directory tree. Some of these file are going to be read/execute only. I know to use chmod to change the permissions of the file, but I want to preserve the original permissions after writing to the file. How can I... (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: right_coaster
3 Replies

9. Shell Programming and Scripting

Changing file permissions of a file created by another user

Hi, I have used expdp for datapump. The .dmp file is created by the "oracle" user. my requirement is to make a zipped file of this .dmp file. What i am trying to do is change the permissions of this .dmp file from 0640 to 0644 and then do a gzip and zip it. Is there any way i can change... (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: qwertyu
3 Replies
OPENCHANGEPFADMIN(1)					     OpenChange Users' Manual					      OPENCHANGEPFADMIN(1)

NAME
openchangepfadmin - Exchange users and Public Folder administration tool SYNOPSIS
openchangepfadmin [-?] [-?|--help] [--usage] [-f|--database PATH] [-p|--profile PROFILE] [-P|--password PASSWORD] [--apassword=PASSWORD] [--adesc=DESCRIPTION] [--acomment=COMMENT] [--afullname=NAME] [--list] [--mkdir] [--rmdir] [--comment=COMMENT] [--dirclass=CLASS] [--adduser=USERNAME] [--rmuser=USERNAME] [--addright=RIGHT] [--rmright] [--modright=RIGHT] [--debuglevel=LEVEL] [--dump-data] [--folder=FOLDER] [--username=USERNAME] DESCRIPTION
openchangepfadmin is a administrative command line tool designed to facilitate user management related operations (create, delete, modify) on a remote Exchange server and manage public folder store and permissions. COMMANDS
--adduser=USERNAME Create a Exchange user with the username specified by USERNAME --rmuser=USERNAME Delete the Exchange user account specified by USERNAME --list List Public Folder hierarchy (IPM_SUBTREE) --mkdir Create a folder in the Public Folder store --rmdir Delete a folder in the Public Folder store --addright=RIGHT Add permission and roles for a user on a Public Folder directory. --modright=RIGHT Modify permissions and roles for a user on a Public Folder directory --rmright Delete permissions and roles for a specific user OPTIONS
--database=DATABASE -f Set the MAPI profile database. If no database is specified, then openchangeclient tries to load the default one: $HOME/.open- change/profiles.ldb --profile=PROFILE -p Set the profile to use. If a profile is not specified, and one of the profiles has been set as the default in the profile database (for example, using mapiprofile -S), then that default profile will be used. --password -P Set the password for the profile to use. This can be omitted if the password is stored in the profile. --apassword=PASSWORD Define the password to set for the user specified with --adduser. If no password is explicitely supplied, openchangepfadmin will arbitrary set a random one. --adesc=DESCRIPTION This command can only be used with --adduser and specifies a description for this account --acomment=COMMENT This command can only be used with --adduser and specifies a comment for this account. --afullname=NAME This command can only be used with --adduser and specifies the user full name for this account. --comment=COMMENT This command can only be used with --mkdir and specifies a comment for the folder. --dirclass=CLASS This command can only be used with --mkdir and specifies the container class of the directory we want to create. Possible values are: IPF.Appointment, IPF.Contact, IPF.Journal, IPF.Note, IPF.StickyNote, IPF.Task, IPF.Post --folder=FOLDER This command can only be used with --addright, --modright and --rmright. Specify the folder where permissions and roles have to be changed. --username=USERNAME This command can only be used with --addright, --modright and --rmright. Specify the username we want to change permissions and roles for. --dump-data Dump the hex data. This is only required for debugging or educational purposes. --debuglevel LEVEL -d Set the debug level. EXAMPLES
Creating user openchangepfadmin --adduser=linuxowner --apassword=linuxowner --adesc="Linux Owner Test account" --afullname="Linux Owner" mapiadmin_user_add : MAPI_E_SUCCESS (0x0) username: linuxowner password: linuxowner Creates a user account with username and password set to linuxowner. Deleting user: openchangepfadmin --rmuser=linuxowner mapiadmin_user_del : MAPI_E_SUCCESS (0x0) Create Public Folder: openchangepfadmin --mkdir --folder=public_events --dirclass=IPF.Appointment Creates a folder in the Public Folder store named public_events with a container class set to Appointment. This folder will display calen- dar items. Delete Public Folder: openchangepfadmin --rmdir --folder=public_events List Public Folder hierarchy: openchangepfadmin --list Add Permission: openchangepfadmin --username=linuxowner --folder=public_events --addright=RoleOwner Permission RoleOwner added for linuxowner on folder public_events Modify Permission openchangepfadmin --username=Anonymous --folder=public_events --modright=RoleNone Permission changed to RoleNone for Anonymous on folder appointment Note that you can only change permissions for a user already listed in the ACL table. NOTE
Permissions and Roles possible values are: o RightsNone o RightsReadItems o RightsCreateItems o RightsEditOwn o RightsDeleteOwn o RightsEditAll o RightsDeleteAll o RightsCreateSubfolders o RightsFolderOwner o RightsFolderContact o RoleNone o RoleReviewer o RoleContributor o RoleNoneditingAuthor o RoleAuthor o RoleEditor o RolePublishAuthor o RolePublishEditor o RightsAll o RoleOwner SEE ALSO
AddUserPermission, ModifyUserPermission, RemoveUserPermission AUTHOR
Julien Kerihuel <j.kerihuel at openchange dot org> OpenChange libmapi 0.8 2007-11-14 OPENCHANGEPFADMIN(1)
All times are GMT -4. The time now is 12:40 AM.
Unix & Linux Forums Content Copyright 1993-2022. All Rights Reserved.
Privacy Policy