Re: [openupload-devel] permissions on templates_c

[Alessandro B. <ts...@br...>]

Il 19.06.2012 19:53 Bob Miller ha scritto:
> Greetings,
>
> I have set up openupload as a multisite installation on a server that
> uses mpm-itk.  In case you are not familiar, mpm-itk is an apache2
> package that changes uid of the web server based on the URL it is
> serving, so that each site can be owned by an individual user.  
> Similar
> to suexec, and others I am sure.
>
> The problem I am encountering is with making the templates_c 
> directory
> writable by the web server.  Since the web server has a different uid
> depending on the site it is serving, owning the templates_c directory 
> to
> the web server denies access to the directory.
>
> This creates a situation where I need to either make the templates_c
> directory world writable (undesirable on several levels), or I need 
> to
> add each site's uid to a group and grant that group write access to
> templates_c (better, but administratively burdensome).  Both of these
> ideas tested as working on a sandbox server, but I am searching for
> better options for production use.
>
> If the world was aligned to my desires, I would be able to have a
> separate templates_c directory for each site on the server that I 
> could
> keep with each site's data and www directory.  So far no amount of
> experimenting or googling has led me to a method where this can be
> accomplished, and I am not so good with code that I have been able to
> decipher where or how I might implement that.
>
> So the questions would be: is it possible to have a separate 
> templates_c
> directory for each site?  If there is any documentation, I haven't 
> found
> it, a pointer would be kindly appreciated.  And, assuming I cannot 
> have
> a separate templates_c directory for each site, can anyone suggest a
> cleaner way to allow all sites write access to the templates_c
> directory?
>

Yes it's possible and it's even already available (not documented 
though).
Use the $CONFIG['SMARTY_DATA'] variable.

For more information look at the lib/base.inc.php

Alessandro