Permissions Problems on Virtual Hosts

Hey there. I have a permissions issue after setting to 777, so I'm not
clear on what's going on.

I have 5 domains on one box. http.conf was configured with each in mind.
Now, I get permissions problems everywhere I look.

What could be the problem here?

Also, how can I trace a mapping for a domain, to show the vhosts are indeed
working?

Cheers

On Thu, 27 May 2004, Rich Fortnum <fortnum@viaduct-productions.com> wrote:
> Hey there. I have a permissions issue after setting to 777, so I'm not
> clear on what's going on.

777 permission is very insecure (anybody can create, read, write, modify
anything). In particular suexec (or specifying a user/group for vhost)
would refuse to serve anything with dir/file permission greater than 755.

> I have 5 domains on one box. http.conf was configured with each in mind.
> Now, I get permissions problems everywhere I look.
>
> What could be the problem here?

Give the directory for each domain the owner/group of whoever maintains it
and not more than 755 permission maximum. All directories in full path
would typically need at least 701 permission.

> Also, how can I trace a mapping for a domain, to show the vhosts are indeed
> working?

You could do a custom log that includes "%V" to show the requested vhost.
For my nameless default wildcard worm catching vhost I use:

LogFormat "%V %h %l %u %t \"%r\" %>s %b" nohost
CustomLog /var/log/httpd/nohost_access_log nohost

And/or you could have separate log for each vhost.

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