Apache Server configuration support - Re: why do I need to set the user and group to the same owner of the file that is bein

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Re: why do I need to set the user and group to the same owner of the file that is bein

Davide Bianchi

2007-04-22, 7:18 am

On 2007-04-22, Phil Latio <phil.latio@f-in-stupid.co.uk> wrote:
> DocumentRoot /home/lumsden/websites/domain.co.uk/www/html
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> So my question is why do I need to set the user and group to the same owner
> of the file that is being displayed?

To be able to 'serve' the pages apache need to be able to read the file
and to access all the directories in the path. So he is either running
as the user owning all that or has the permissions. Which one
of the two you pick is your choice.

Davide

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