[CentOS] apache docroot permissions

[Johan Martinez]

On Wed, May 4, 2011 at 12:58 PM, Kenneth Porter <shiva at sewingwitch.com>wrote:

> User apache only needs read access except under special conditions, such as
> a script that needs to store configuration in a file. And a lot of apps
> store their state in a DB so they don't need filesystem write access at
> all.
>
> Set the permissions as strict as possible, so that if an attacker finds a
> bug in apache, he does as little damage as possible.
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Thanks for the suggestions Richard and Kenneth. I installed drupal here and
it requires user running apache to have write access on filesystem.
Otherwise it complains: 'The directory sites/default/files is not writable'.
The content editors/developers need write access to theme/pictures folders.
So it seems like I can't avoid giving write access to apache user. Any hacks
or tips here?


jM.
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