Re: [openupload-devel] permissions on templates_c

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I have an SVN version running and have set the DATA_PATH set to a locaation
outside of www.  under that location are the templates_c and files
directories.  In other words, if I had two sites installed and defined two
DATA_PATHs it appears that would separate the templates_c directories.

\\Greg

On Tue, Jun 19, 2012 at 4:40 PM, Bob Miller <bo...@co...> wrote:

> Hi Greg,
>
> On Tue, 2012-06-19 at 15:15 -0400, gmartin wrote:
> > I'm confused.
>
> You are not alone!! ;)
>
> >   Does each of your sites have its own /www & config.inc.php?
>
> Yes
>
> >   If so, wouldn't separate $CONFIG['DATA_PATH'] paths take care to
> > separate the data & templates_c directories?
>
>
> Fortunately Alessandro's answer allows me to answer you.
>
> The DATA_PATH variable makes no effect on the template_c directories.
> if you look in lib/main.inc.php, you will find this:
>
> $this->config['INSTALL_ROOT'].'/templates_c/'
>
> Which I interpret to mean that it will look for the templates_c
> directory in the INSTALL_ROOT location, which is where all the other
> folders like lib and locale reside.  Therefor, regardless of how you
> configure your data directory, the templates_c has to live with the
> other files.
>
> However, a new variable now exists that allows the templates_c directory
> to be defined just the like the data directory can be defined.  In your
> config file, use $CONFIG['SMARTY_DATA'] to define the templates_c
> directory and the $CONFIG['DATA_PATH'] to define the data directory.  At
> least that seems to be working for me...
>
> >
> >
> >
> > On Tue, Jun 19, 2012 at 2:28 PM, Alessandro Briosi
> > <ts...@br...> wrote:
> >         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
> >
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