[BlueOnyx:07804] Re: Open cart and umask

[Stephanie Sullivan]

Let me answer my own question. I'm trying to make files created have default
permissions allowing group write and others read. The default allow rwx for
the owner and nothing for anyone else. Sigh. 

In /etc/suphp.conf I made the following change.

; [original] umask=0077
umask=0002

This mask also allows execute as suphp created directories lacked execute
permissions locking out apache from getting php generated images from the
folder created by suphp. Sigh.

May I suggest that files created under suphp might at least, by default,
allow for file creation with group read write execute, and global (other)
read and execute. This way suphp created directories and files (like images)
will be readable by apache.

Now, to be clear - I like the more restrictive permissions. The work fine as
long as suphp is reading the files. But if access is to be from apache as
for an image created by suphp, no-go. 

One can add a chmod() php call to the code that creates the files or a
umask() php call to change the default. Great for code I write. I like it.
But much of what runs on my servers is from elsewhere - shopping carts,
CMS's, etc. and many of these create files and feel adding chmod() to the
code is an onerous requirement. I can add this in but then an update comes
out and undoes my fix. I'm sure you all know the cycle...

So, that's my rant for today. At the risk of being a PITA - if there is a
way (and I haven't researched it yet) to set the suphp umask on per-site
basis I'll start to dance in delight.

Thank you all for your attention. If you have opinions or thoughts I am all
ears.

	Thanks,
		-Stephanie



> -----Original Message-----
> From: blueonyx-bounces at mail.blueonyx.it [mailto:blueonyx-
> bounces at mail.blueonyx.it] On Behalf Of Stephanie Sullivan
> Sent: Sunday, July 24, 2011 8:40 AM
> To: 'BlueOnyx General Mailing List'
> Subject: [BlueOnyx:07803] Open cart and umask
> 
> Has anyone used opencart on BX? The reason I ask is I've installed it
> -
> easy-peasy. I enabled suphp and set site ownership.
> 
> One problem that in many mentions in their forums always gets blamed
> on the
> hosting company. The default file creation permissions appear to be
> 600.
> This is not ideal as an image created cannot be read by apache and
> give a
> permissions error (more specifically it does not display the image in
> the
> page though it's there.
> 
> Is there a way (I could not find it at php.net) to change the default
> umask
> for files created using suphp? I think there must be a reasonable way
> as all
> the forum threads that ended with "go complain to your web hosting
> company"
> stopped there. None of them had a follow-up of the web hosting
> company
> telling them they were nuts.
> 
> I know there is a umask() function in php. I understand that. What
> I'm
> looking for is a setting that will not require me to rewrite php from
> an
> installed shopping cart I'll want my users to use.
> 
> Maybe the answer here is obvious. I don't know.
> 
> 	Thanks,
> 		-Stephanie
> 
> PS - opencart seems much easier to work with than
> oscommerce/oscmax/zencart
> AND validates with the default theme as full XHTML strict with SEO
> friendly
> URLs to boot!
> 
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