directory and file permissions
 

Hi,

under fedora 20 i would like to setup a webserver for testing purposes.
everything is ok and /var/www/html is the directory where all websites should be stored and developed.

1. however with one of my friend we would like to work together from 2 different computers, so as /var/www/html is owned by root:root, what is the best method to allow both of us (let's say "dev1", "dev2" fedora accounts) to create, modify, delete files and directories in this web root (/var/www/html) ?

2. should i create a group and add those 2 accounts into it ?

thx.

A.

#2 is how I would go about working the issue. Setup a group called something like devgrp (original..I know...) and put both accounts into it.

It really depends on what you are trying to do.

You could even use the public_dir entry and provide the files from within your home directory.

The advantage is ease of editing and testing things. When finished, the files could then be moved to somewhere more permanent.

I personally bind-mount the project dir in my home to /var/www for testing purposes on my local computer. (In your case that would be any sensible shared directory you both have access to.)
In combination with that I am closing port 80 by iptables to be on the safe side...

Works very nicely...

Insufficient. They'd have to chown the /var/www/html to "apply" the devgrp to it.
make backups of /var/www/html first and you could: