Permission denied for apache 2 server
Hi,
I am totally new to linux and ubuntu.Previously i was using WAMP on my windows machine.In that I couls access all my php,html and xml files through the index on the web browser.Usually use server for just checking php scripts locally.
I have installed LAMP on my machine.I am able to access all the folders in my /var/www folder.
But when i try to execute php scripts i get following error on browser
Warning: Unknown: failed to open stream: Permission denied in Unknown on line 0
Fatal error: Unknown: Failed opening required '/var/www/bookmarks/bookmarks.php' (include_path='.:/usr/share/php:/usr/share/pear') in Unknown on line 0
and the corresponding error in log:
[Sat Mar 07 11:51:41 2009] [error] [client 127.0.0.1] (13)Permission denied: file permissions deny server access: /var/www/bookmarks/bookmarks(2).xml, referer: http://localhost/bookmarks/
For xml files it shows on browser:
Forbidden
You don't have permission to access /bookmarks/bookmark.xml on this server.
Corresponding entry in log:
[Sat Mar 07 12:00:44 2009] [error] [client 127.0.0.1] (13)Permission denied: file permissions deny server access: /var/www/bookmarks/bookmark.xml, referer: http://localhost/bookmarks/
For html files on browser:
Forbidden
You don't have permission to access /bookmarks/community.html on this server.
Corresponding entry in log:
[Sat Mar 07 12:01:30 2009] [error] [client 127.0.0.1] (13)Permission denied: file permissions deny server access: /var/www/bookmarks/community.html, referer: http://localhost/bookmarks/
I have tried with following things to rectify this:
sudo chown gauresh /var/www/ -R
sudo chmod u=rwx /var/www/ -R
The permissions given for all folders in /var/www/ are
access: Create and delete file
Applied permissions to all files in folder
Also I will mention that it can :
it displays
<?phpinfo()?>
it/s output is:
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Build Date Feb 11 2009 19:49:37
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)
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Also it prints simple echo lines;
Thanks.
Re: Permission denied for apache 2 server
Try running these commands
Code:
sudo chown -R www-data /var/www
sudo chmod -R u=rwx /var/www
That changes the ownership of all files in the directory to Apache and gives the owner read, write and execute permissions.
Re: Permission denied for apache 2 server
thanks beno
The things are working
Re: Permission denied for apache 2 server
Quote:
Originally Posted by
beno1990
Try running these commands
Code:
sudo chown -R www-data /var/www
sudo chmod -R u=rwx /var/www
That changes the ownership of all files in the directory to Apache and gives the owner read, write and execute permissions.
it locked my var/www how to unluck it when i go into http://127.0.0.1 see nothing,:(
how to change it back to normal my account is mysoogal on xubuntu
Re: Permission denied for apache 2 server
i've fixed it with sudo chown user : user folder example /var/www/
Re: Permission denied for apache 2 server
Quote:
Originally Posted by
beno1990
Try running these commands
Code:
sudo chown -R www-data /var/www
sudo chmod -R u=rwx /var/www
That changes the ownership of all files in the directory to Apache and gives the owner read, write and execute permissions.
I am also fairly new to Ubuntu. I have been working out of "Practical Guide to Ubuntu Linux 8.10" which seems to be 99% unchanged in the 9.04 release. However, I am having trouble making it so that I don't need to sudo in order to write changes to my /var/www/ tree.
The manual I have suggests the following (approximately quoted):
Create a new group to administer web stuff
$ sudo addgroup webadmin
$ sudo chmod g+s /var/www
$ sudo chown :webadmin /var/www
$ sudo usermod -aG webadmin webmaster
where "webmaster" is the user I want to not need to sudo anymore.
However, I still need to sudo after all of that. Any idea how I can troubleshoot this? Or are any of the "ch" options wrong? If so, should I undo anything?
Thanks
Re: Permission denied for apache 2 server
By default apache runs as an unprivileged user www-data. No need to create any other groups or users. If using sudo or sudo -i (for root session) is so inconvenient...rather than trying to circumvent the security model with repeated recursive permission changes, just point vhosts file to your own /var/www tree in your home directory, ie., /home/user/var/www
That is; edit /etc/apache2/sites-available/your-site and change the document root.
Re: Permission denied for apache 2 server
Quote:
Originally Posted by
spiderbatdad
If using sudo or sudo -i (for root session) is so inconvenient...
I would rather not have to "sudo" over an ssh connection, that is why I'm trying to get my own access, which would enable me to upload via ssh with more confidence of security.
I like your idea of creating an alternate directory for the root of the apache server, one that is below the home folder of another user. The only concerns I have are what I might need to do to accomplish all of that, meanwhile, keeping apache safely in jail so that opening port 80 does not become the end of me!
I am new to the concept of jailing, and I have read that it is crucial to make sure that a jailed daemon has no shell, no home directory, and no owned documents outside from the jailed tree. I would imagine that this issue has already been discussed, and wonder if you could link me to a good place.
Thanks
Re: Permission denied for apache 2 server
Correct me if i'm wrong but aren't your sudo credentials the same as your login credentials ? So why not SuperUserDO ?
Re: Permission denied for apache 2 server
Quote:
Originally Posted by
wojox
Correct me if i'm wrong but aren't your sudo credentials the same as your login credentials ? So why not SuperUserDO ?
Well, I'm not 100% certain of the workings of sudo, but I do understand that if I use a sudo command in my ssh connection, than anybody who hijacks the connection can do anything root could do without needing to enter a password for about 10 minutes. Whereas, if I setup permissions where my "webadmin" ssh user (the user I normally log in when I run ssh for uploading to web servers) can upload to my web server, than anybody hijacking the connection cannot do anything more than webadmin could, which certainly does not include super-user access.
Essentially, what I am trying to do is create a special user that I only login as when I want to upload to my http, ftp, and so forth servers (jailed areas) that way even if my ssh session got hijacked, the hijacker would still be jailed. webadmin would have home folder and all ownerships inside of the jail, and would have a shell, but no entry in sudoers. The special user should, however, have write priveliges to the /var/www directory. The worst damage a hacker could do, even if they hacked an upload session, would be to disrupt my website, not compromise the whole system.
I may be a bit obsessive about security, but I've seen first hand the horrors of idendity theft and DoS.