[Mapserver-users] Linux/Apache security wrt shapefiles data

[Morten Hulden]

On Wed, 27 Aug 2003, Puneet Kishor wrote:

> Thanks Daniel. That was it. Lesson learned... Keep in mind, all you unix
> newbies such as myself. The entire path should be r-x for the apache
> user. The easiest way to do that is to "sudo chmod -R 755 yourdirectory"
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Daniel Morissette [mailto:morissette at dmsolutions.ca] 
> > Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2003 4:00 PM
> > To: Puneet Kishor
> > Cc: mapserver-users at lists.gis.umn.edu
> > Subject: Re: [Mapserver-users] Linux/Apache security wrt 
> > shapefiles data
> > 
> > 
> > Did you also make sure that /home/pkishor is at least "r-x" for the 
> > apache user?  Every directory in the path that leads to the gisdata 
> > directory has to be at least "r-x" for the apache user.
> > 
> > Daniel

rwx-----x is enough for your home directory, but the subdirectory 
inside should be r-x for apache.

generally, you need not, and should not give read-permissions to 'others' 
to you home directory.

MHu

> > 
> > 
> > pkishor_98 wrote:
> > > yes. this is related to MapServer ;-).
> > > 
> > > OS: RH9
> > > MapServer 4.0 config-ed and setup correctly.
> > > 
> > > I have my shapefiles under "/home/pkishor/gisdata"
> > > 
> > > and the darn Mapserver refuses to open the shapefiles. 
> > Error log shows 
> > > 
> > > msSHPOpenFile(): Unable to access file. (/home/pkishor/gisdata/bio)
> > > ..
> > > 
> > > I move the shapefiles to "/var/www/html/gisdata" and 
> > everything works
> > > fine.
> > > 
> > > Apache runs as apache:apache, and in both cases I have chown-ed and
> > > chgrp-ed the gisdata directory to apache:apache, and also 
> > chmod-ed it
> > > to 777 for good measure. Why is Mapserver unable to read gisdata
> > > stored in my home directory? I am new to Linux/RH9, so be gentle in
> > > your pedagoguery ;-).
> > > 
> > > Many thanks,
> > > 
> > > Puneet.
> > > 
> > 
> > 
> 
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