HTTPD Writable

[Ben Ocean]

My apologies! Did not mean to post here!
BenO

At 04:18 PM 2/4/2001 +0100, you wrote:
>On Sat, Feb 03, 2001 at 11:48:08PM -0800, Ben Ocean wrote:
>
> > I'm trying to install a program that requires I create an *httpd writable*
> > file. How do I do this? What does it mean to have httpd write to a 
> file? Do
> > I need to assign httpd a passwd? Do I need to group it with root? Please
> > advise.
>
>Unclear why you are posting it here; it's terribly off-topic, even if the
>program you are installing is a Python program. Nevertheless, what you are
>probably supposed to do is make a file writable for the httpd process. It
>depends on your installation (and indeed, your 'brand' of httpd) what userid
>and permissions the httpd process is running as, but as a wild guess, you
>can use 'chmod a+w <file>' (dangerous, but sure to work) or 'chown nobody
><file>' (sometimes inconvenient, but slightly less dangerous.) If you happen
>to know that httpd is running as a particular group, and noone else is in
>that group, chgrp the file to that group and make it only writable for the
>group, not the rest of the world: chmod g+w <file>.
>
>For further questions I suggest you ask the author or supplier of the
>program you are installing, they're sure to know exactly what they mean :)
>
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