[Eug-lug] Correct Apache User and Group for easy editing

[Martin Kelly]

This looks like what I've been looking for. Your example includes 
several things I've never seen before though. Could you explain those 
portions in more detail?

Specifically, I've never seen the -F switch to ls. Secondly, in:
chown kedwardk.kedwardk ed
Is there a difference between . and : in that? Would this have been 
equivalent?
chown kedwardk:kedwardk ed

In the chmod, you did 2777... what does the 2 do that 777 doesn't? Then, 
in the drwxrwsrwx, what does the s mean?

I suppose my shell skills need a little working.

Thanks :).

Allen Brown wrote:
> I had a vague memory that setting the directory's suid or guid
> bit would cause the file to take on the directory's ownership.
> But I can't find the documentation for it.  Anyway, I just
> tried it and it works.  This might solve your problem.
> 
> $ mkdir ed; ls -dFl ed
> drwxr-xr-x  2 abrown users 1024 2006-08-27 17:17 ed/
> 
> $ sudo bash
> # chown kedwardk.kedwardk ed
> # chmod 2777 ed; ls -dFl ed
> drwxrwsrwx  2 kedwardk kedwardk 1024 2006-08-27 17:17 ed/
> 
> $ touch ed/a; ls -Fl ed/.
> total 0
> -rw-r--r--  1 abrown kedwardk 0 2006-08-27 17:19 a
> 
> That was for group.  You should be able to get user forcing
> if you want.