Permissions

[Russ]

Can someone refer me to link or a prior thread that would explain to me how permissions work on tch?

 

I want to understand who is the "user" or "owner" of the different files and folders on my domain/account? When is it me? When is it "nobody?" How do I create groups, etc. I find this confusing...when I am setting up things like gallery2 and wordpress, I am being instructed to set permissions to "such and such" - and I'd like to understand what that means and the potential consequences?

 

Thanks.

[TCH-Thomas]

Here´s one

[Russ]

Here´s one

 

That was helpful...but how does the "nobody" user work?

[TCH-Andy]

If you are logged in to cpanel ( or ftp) with your username and your password, then you are that user ... and hence have the permissions set by 'user'

 

If you are a general visitor to your website, you haven't logged in as anybody ( as far as the server is concerned), so you are 'nobody'. IF you upload a file for example with a script, then it is uploaded as owner 'nobody'.

[Russ]

Thanks, but I am still confused.

 

When something says that a file or a folder is "owned" by "Nobody," what does that mean?

[TCH-Bruce]

That means that you as the site owner does not own it. It may have been created by a script you are running. If it is set to "nobody" you can not change the permissions of it. You would have to open a ticket with the help desk and ask them to do it for you or change the ownership to you. Or you would need to write a script to have the server change the permissions for you. "nobody" is the Apache web server user.