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What permissions should Apache have?
Apache still needs access so that it can serve the files, so set www-data as the group owner and give the group r-x permissions. If you have folders that need to be writable by Apache, you can just modify the permission values for the group owner so that www-data has write access.
What are permissions 644?
Permissions of 644 mean that the owner of the file has read and write access, while the group members and other users on the system only have read access. For executable files, the equivalent settings would be 700 and 755 which correspond to 600 and 644 except with execution permission.
What are chmod permissions?
The chmod, or change mode, command allows an administrator to set or modify a file’s permissions. Every UNIX file has an owner user and an owner group attached to it, and every file has permissions associated with it. The permissions are as follows: read, write, or execute.
How do I give permission to Apache?
As your file residing in your Home directory, I would suggest one of following approaches.
- Give 0777 permission to file itself. chmod 0777 /home/djameson/test.txt.
- Change Ownership to apache user www-data and give owner-write permission.
- Add your user to www-data group or vice-verse add www-data user to your group.
What are the permissions to read files in Drupal?
For example, on many systems the Apache process runs as a user called “www-data” that is in a group called “www-data”. This user should be able to read all of the files in your Drupal directory either by group permissions or by “other” permissions. It should not have write permissions to the code in your Drupal directory.
How do I change the ownership of a Drupal file?
The only thing to be done is to change the directory group ownership to the group your apache is running on. The permission required by Apache is given through group permission and others have no access at all to any files and directories on a Drupal installation.
Who is the owner of Drupal core directories?
It is important to notice that the user ownership of Drupal’s core directories/subdirectories and files is given to the user who administers Drupal (usually root) and group ownership is given to the group your apache is running on. For files and directories inside the “sites” directory the user who is hosting the site on your server is their owner.
What does the first 7 in Drupal mean?
The first 7 means that the owner (example) can R (Read) W (Write) and X (Execute) any files in here. The second 7 means that group (www-data) can also R W and X any files in this directory.