[BlueOnyx:07806] Re: Open cart and umask

[Stephanie Sullivan]

Is channeling president Clinton the best direction to head an issue like
this? ;-)

> -----Original Message-----
> From: blueonyx-bounces at mail.blueonyx.it [mailto:blueonyx-
> bounces at mail.blueonyx.it] On Behalf Of Darrell D. Mobley
> Sent: Sunday, July 24, 2011 2:26 PM
> To: 'BlueOnyx General Mailing List'
> Subject: [BlueOnyx:07805] Re: Open cart and umask
> 
> 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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