becoming a sudo wrestler...

[jnorris235]

I am simply trying to put some web pages into Apaches www folder but am refused permission. Strange for such a needed folder. So I navigate to the folder in Konsole, type sudo chmod -R 755 * (as it says in another post).
It asks for the password. Gives me the prompt again - but I am still denied access when i simply try to drag files to the folder!

Any help welcome, please!

[claydoh]

Re: becoming a sudo wrestler...

you would need to either grant full write access to everyone (777 instead of 755) or change the ownership of the folder to a user. As giving full write permissions to everyone is obviously not a safe thing to do, you might want to try changing the ownership of the directory to your user:

sudo chown -Rv <your_username_here> /var/www/

You can also change the www folder's location to , say , /home/<your_username>/www in the apache config file

But the safest thing to do is to simply fire up a konqueror window with kdesu and use that to drag and drop files:

'kdesu konqueror'

[jnorris235]

Re: becoming a sudo wrestler...

Thanks for the help....
I opened apache2.conf (edit as root) and commented out the line for server root and added the new one>>
#ServerRoot "/etc/apache2"
ServerRoot "/home/jon/public_html"

Then typed 'localhost' into Firefox and still get the original home in etc/apache2

I then went halfway down the file to this:>># UserDir is now a module
#UserDir public_html
#UserDir disabled root

#<Directory /home/*/public_html>
# AllowOverride FileInfo AuthConfig Limit
# Options Indexes SymLinksIfOwnerMatch IncludesNoExec
#</Directory>


Is this where I should make the changes - I did try this in the module and nothing changed.

Your help appreciated!

[claydoh]

Re: becoming a sudo wrestler...

I don't know much about apache, but have you stopped and restarted the server? And also make sure you have created the folder "/home/jon/public_htm"

sudo /etc/init.d/apache restart (or similar) I think stops and restrts the server

[jnorris235]

Re: becoming a sudo wrestler...

Yes - I rebooted the computer. I'll have to dig up how I set it all up on Windows - at least there it was all in one place! Maybe someone else will chip in....
Thanks

[Teppic]

Re: becoming a sudo wrestler...

But the safest thing to do is to simply fire up a konqueror window with kdesu and use that to drag and drop files:

'kdesu konqueror'

You'd want to change the file(s) owner after doing that to apache:apache