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Comment: File Ownership Problems
Well, unfortunately, I suppose you can't circumvent Unix security schemes 
Actually many webmasters are facing the same issues when preparing their web site, because the FTP user account used to upload files is usually different from the user account used to run the HTTP daemon.
One solution is to have both accounts part of the same group, and to let files be owned by this group.
Another solution is to use the httpd account for FTP transfers.
Finally, you can also select an alternate ISP that will take care of that for you. For example, OVH has integrated everything into their setup process, and I have never used chmod nor chown...
Take care, and switch from Mambo (which is a great package) to YACS (which *may* become smarter) as soon as possible.
Actually many webmasters are facing the same issues when preparing their web site, because the FTP user account used to upload files is usually different from the user account used to run the HTTP daemon.
One solution is to have both accounts part of the same group, and to let files be owned by this group.
Another solution is to use the httpd account for FTP transfers.
Finally, you can also select an alternate ISP that will take care of that for you. For example, OVH has integrated everything into their setup process, and I have never used chmod nor chown...
Take care, and switch from Mambo (which is a great package) to YACS (which *may* become smarter) as soon as possible.
by Bernard on May 10 2005
