By deadlyhifi
I’m new to all this server config, but I’ve got a Ubuntu 12.04 x32 with LEMP up and running by following https://www.digitalocean.com/community/articles/how-to-install-linux-nginx-mysql-php-lemp-stack-on-ubuntu-12-04
…and virtual hosts.
I’m a bit confused with permissions. I created a user www. But unless I set the permissions on a file to www-data wthin my var/www/domain.com/public folder it the site doesn’t run properly (no caches etc because of failed write permissions). Problem is, every-time I upload anything via FTP the permissions are root on those files.I’m logged in with root so that makes sense. If I log in with www I get permission denied if I try upload anything.
Further, I installed git. But when I run git init I get Permission denied. Unless I run sudo before it.
I kinda get why all this is happening, but could someone explain what permissions I should have on everything to make it all run smoothly?
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If you just need to change the owner… <br>chown www-data:www-data {FILE OR DIRECTORY NAME}
So I need to do that everytime I upload a file? Can’t I do something to set those permissions at upload?
<b>“I was under the impression that was a security risk…”</b> <br> <br>You are correct. <br> <br>You need to execute <code>sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www</code> <br> <br>Also, in the spirit of having things run “smoothly” yet securely, check out: <a href=“https://www.digitalocean.com/community/articles/how-to-use-filezilla-to-transfer-and-manage-files-securely-on-your-vps”>How To Use Filezilla to Transfer and Manage Files Securely on your VPS</a> <br> <br>
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