change the user group of some folders to group “www” on the apache OS 10.5.8 server

[Judie]

I have some shared folders on the apache OS 10.5.8 server. I would like to change the user group of these folders to group “www”. Do I need to use access control list (ACL)? I am new to this, any help would be greatly appreciated!

 

[ElDiabloConCaca]

No, ACLs and UNIX permissions are different. Since Apache 2 uses UNIX permissions, you want to use UNIX permissions on those folders, not ACLs.

I would recommend keeping any folder you want read/writable by www in the HTTP root directory for security purposes.

 

[Judie]

No, ACLs and UNIX permissions are different. Since Apache 2 uses UNIX permissions, you want to use UNIX permissions on those folders, not ACLs.

I would recommend keeping any folder you want read/writable by www in the HTTP root directory for security purposes.

Could you please let me know how to do it by using UNIX permissions?? I mean the steps...Thanks a lot!!!

 

[Giaguara]

chown
chmod

And as usual, man is your best friend - man chown. (in Terminal)

 

[Judie]

Oh Man Chown function in Unix, ::angel::