| increased support for safe mode users [message #9454] |
Fri, 28 March 2003 18:49  |
Anonymous
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Hi. I'm attempting to install fudforum on a host with a fairly strict setup. Safe mode is on, and I'm unable to chown. I'm at a loss on what to do here, should I create the data directories, have the sysadmin chown http user them, and then run install.php?
The documentation is sparse regarding safe_mode and yes safe mode sucks but some of us are forced to use it. This is a feature request to document various options for us safe mode users including ideal permissions (otherwise we blindly 777 everything :) I assume most lack permissions to chown but this topic exceeds my abilities. Thank you.
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| Re: increased support for safe mode users [message #9568 is a reply to message #9454] |
Thu, 10 April 2003 15:45  |
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Anonymous
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I installed fudforum in a safe mode environment today and did the following:
a) Created the two directories (web and data)
b) chmod 770 those two directories
c) Asked sysadmin to chown them as web server and make the group my group, i.e. chown nobody:philip dir1 dir2
d) And now followed the non-safe_mode instructions, all worked fine
Now if you lack the ability to create those directories (like no shell access or limited FTP) then you'll just need to convince your sysadmin to create these two directories for you and doing a chmod 770 is a very good idea while 777 is not.
Ah, you gotta love that safe_mode :)
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| Re: increased support for safe mode users [message #9605 is a reply to message #9568] |
Sun, 13 April 2003 14:29 |
Ilia
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Registered: January 2002
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Heh, there is really no way to make something trully 'safe_mode' safe, especially when web hosters have scripts to change permission every so often. The best solution as you have probably discovered is either ask the hoster to make some directories for you or ask them to temporarily disable safe_mode.
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