[Typo3-linux] Owner/Group settings in typo3_src and dummy packages

Lars E. D. Jensen lars at SPAMSPAMABCdangvard.com
Tue May 20 22:56:26 CEST 2003


> 1000 is normally the UID of the first regular user on a system. If you
> unpack the files with this user, the files will belong to him.
> That's why you have to run chown after the extraction.

Ok, I unpacked the packages with root user. Then they must have got 1000 as
owner and group.

>> Is the apache user equal to the chowned settings of the apache bin
>> files (they are also nobody)? Or how is it with this?
>
> I think this is specified in httpd.conf: Search for 'user' and 'group'
> entries.

Ok.

>> And is it bad that the apache user is nobody?
>
> This is standard on SuSE and some other distributions. However, on
> Debian this user is called 'www-data' which seems better to me - but
> don't ask me why, I just think so....

I use Red Hat, so it's probably also nobody here.

>> What is the normal thing to do?
>
> chown the files!

I guess you mean with chown owner and group with nobody.

Thanks

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