problem with a user group and apache

javier_ccs · 08-26-2005, 09:47 AM

hello,

i'm trying to install IPplan on my debian 3.1 box, but i keep gettin this error when trying to change the directory ownership and permissions of the installation dir:

+chown -R root.nobody ipplan
+chown: `root.nobody': invalid group

it appears that i don't have a nobody group, so i change it to
+chown -R root.nogroup ipplan
then, according to installation manual
+chmod -R 750 ipplan

then i opened a web browser and pointed it to the installation script in the admin directory (http://mywebserver.com/ipplan/admin/install.php)

but i got this error:

Forbidden
You don't have permission to access /ipplan/admin/install.php on this server.

Apache/1.3.33 Server at mywebserver Port 80

can anyone help me out here....????

Nathanael · 08-26-2005, 09:54 AM

how about using a colon (:)
chown -R root:nogroup ipplan

by the way:
if you chmod top 750 opn a ownership of root:nogroup your apache webserver will not be able to read or execute since this runs as www-data on most debian systems.

javier_ccs · 08-26-2005, 10:13 AM

thanx...

Quote:

if you chmod top 750 opn a ownership of root:nogroup your apache webserver will not be able to read or execute since this runs as www-data on most debian systems.

yeah that's what i tough but since it was on the installation manual, anyway, i chmod it to 755, 757 and even 777 and i keep getting the same error....

that's why i guess (just guessing) it could be an apache misconfiguration problem.... i got this errors on the logs:

[Fri Aug 26 11:07:26 2005] [error] [client x.x.x.x] (13)Permission denied: access to /ipplan/admin/install.php failed because search permissions are missing on a component of the path

can anyone tell me what am i doing wrong?

bens78 · 07-26-2011, 08:37 AM

Hello Javier_ccs,

Did you find the solution to your problem? I have exactly the same issue and i realy don't know how to fix that. Please tell me if you have the solution!

Thanks a lot.

chrism01 · 07-26-2011, 08:25 PM

Quote:

search permissions are missing on a component of the path

that is usually controlled by the 'x' perm on the dir; you prob need it set on all dirs in the path...

bens78 · 07-27-2011, 02:38 AM

thanks a lot chrism01 for answering me!
But, I'm a novice and i'm afraid I didn't understood everything.
what's the 'x' perm? and could you give me an example when you say "you prob need it set on all dirs in the path..."?
Thanks a lot and exuse me for bothering you.

chrism01 · 07-27-2011, 07:30 PM

Quote:

search permissions are missing on a component of the path

path = dir tree from the root eg /var/www/html...
component = one dir eg www

On a file, perms
r = read
w = write
x = execute

On a dir
r = read
w = write
x = search

Perms come in groups of 3
u = user
g = group
o = other (aka world)

Use

Code:

ls -l

# file
-rw-r--r--   1 me mygroup          0 Jun 17 11:03 a.t

# dir
drwxr-xr-x   2 me mygroup       1024 Jul 12 08:55 syscheck

http://rute.2038bug.com/index.html.gz
http://www.tuxfiles.org/linuxhelp/filepermissions.html
http://linux.die.net/man/1/chmod
http://linux.die.net/man/1/chown

HTH

bens78 · 07-28-2011, 03:53 AM

Thanks again for your help chrism01!