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[primm <lynn@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Friday 28 September 2007 22:44, Sloan wrote:
> primm wrote:
> > I created a user ftpadmin and a group ftpadmin. I made ftpadmin's home
> > folder /srv/www/htdocs
> >
> > everything under /htdocs is owned by ftpadmin:ftpadmin
> >
> > I can now ftp remotely to the /htdocs folder. No problem
> >
> > Having made these changes I can no longer see any web pages.
> >
> > What do I need to do to be able to both ftp and see webpages? Who has to
> > own what?
>
> chgrp -R www /srv/www/htdocs
> chmod -R g+rx /srv/www/htdocs
>
> Joe

OK. I can now both use ftp and see web pages. Brilliant. Saved me loads time.

Just one more question. /srv/www/htdocs is now (user:group) ftpadmin:www

Is that correct? Or doesn't it matter.

Thanks, Lynn
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