Re: chgrp with user
On Thu, Dec 22, 2016 at 06:24:59PM +0100, Xen wrote:
> I am trying to get a webserver to run under my regular user, or at least to
> have the website's files under control of my regular user, but the webserver
> runs as www-data.
>
> But it seems I cannot do chgrp as a user.
>
> Is there any way to achieve this?
>
> I mean I could add my user's group to the www-data user and I guess then I'd
> have access but I don't really see how changing a file's group could be a
> security risk. Maybe I should add myself to www-data instead?
Yes, add your regular user to the www-data group, then log out
and come back in.
The web-server is a door in to your system. Limiting what it can
see is preferable.
-dsr-
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