Dave wrote:
Hello, I have a perplexing permissions problem that i thought i had, but it's resurfaced. I'm running CentOS 5.3 and it runs an apache web server. The permissions on the web data directory in this case /var/www/secure/data are set to 4775 owner of apache group of webdev. All users that should be allowed to place content are in the webdev group. I was under the impression that any file then placed in that directory would have a owner of apache and a group of webdev permissions of 664. Whenever a locally logged on user adds content permissions are set to 664 but owner and group membership are that of the user who added the files not apache and webdev. The issue is further compounded when a user logs in via ftp and adds files or folders. They are owned by the ftp user and group. Any assistance appreciated. Thanks. Dave.
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Am assuming these users are in the webdev group, but 'webdev' is not their primary group. Can you try using the set-gid bit on the affected directory ( /var/www/secure/data/ ) to force the group ownership of objects created there to have same group ID as the directory, viz:
chgrp webdev /var/www/secure/data/ chmod g+s /var/www/secure/data/
From your text, it appear you have objects getting created with
appropriate group write permissions. -Alan