i'm a database developer and my company has a linux server that is used to host my database. however, the server is also used for other purposes and i'm not the admin of the system.

the admin is nervous b/c i currently have to have root access in order to upload and delete files in the html directory.

i understand the desire for security - i'd hate to muff up something on the system (unlikely, but ya never know!).

anyway, what is the best way for him to set up a user account that gives me read / write access to the html directory, does not allow me to run as root and does not allow any other users to write to the html directory?

tia...

Should do the trick.

It feels like a hack, though. Much better (IMHO) would be to have the apache `root directory' set to /home/webmaster/mysite/ or something like that. grep -re /var/www /etc/apache*/*.

Even better, for the security-minded, would be to chroot apache, run it in a user-mode-linux jail, or both. This, of course, may or may not be acceptable, depending on what the web page does.

hth --Jonas

Hahaa!

My name > Your name

Hi.

Sorry for the irrelevant post, I just had to assert alpha when I saw your name. Best wishes with your filesystem permissions. You may want to check the tutorial here on the forum, or you could just get a real sysadmin who knows how to handle such things.

GNUbie

GNUbie: My name > your name. Just had to assert real alpha status.

Besides, mine is longer than yours.

--Jonas