osx permissions solution please

[zartoop]

I have successfully installed and am running on OSX.

One problem .....

When code is generated the folders and files are owned by 'www' which is the apache process - that's ok so far BUT

the permissions for them are
owner (www) - write only
group (www) - no access
others - no access

ie. the writer / owner of the geenrated items is www and even though I as a user am a member of www I cannot read the files unless I use term or get info to change the ownership and permissions.

So ..... does anybody know how to get Apache/PHP/phpCodeGenie to write the files with read and write permissions?

BTW - changing the Apache owner and group to nobody makes no difference as the files are still read only or no access.

Tony

I can of course go and change all this through term or get info

[James Savage]

I have a similar problem with my generated items because this is a hosted system and I dont have access to change the permissions.  Did you find a solution?

James

[BESThip]

Please solution/patch on bug ReqID 1124033
Martin

[kam]

In the past, the Finder had some limitations & wouldn't properly assign user & permission settings from the Get Info window. The best bet is to do it manually.

Open the Terminal & go into the web directory, like:

cd /Library/WebServer/Documents/

or if you're using your home directory:

cd /Users/myaccount/Sites/

Then you can:
sudo chmod someaccountname:somegroup

Sudo gives you root-like abilities to make the change you want. CHMOD changes the user &/or group.

Be careful about assigning users & permissions or you may be inviting security problems. There's a lot of info on the web about *NIX commands like chmod & web security in general.

Good luck (& happy OSX'g)!