[BlueOnyx:07805] Re: Open cart and umask

[Darrell D. Mobley]

I feel your pain. :-)

> -----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 1:06 PM
> To: 'BlueOnyx General Mailing List'
> Subject: [BlueOnyx:07804] Re: Open cart and umask
> 
> 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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