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Re: umask problem with apache2 and mod_dav_svn

From: Nico Kadel-Garcia <nkadel_at_comcast.net>
Date: 2006-04-30 13:53:15 CEST

kulve wrote:
> Dominic Anello wrote:
>> 2. Make sure every process that access the repos, even for a read
>> operation, has the appropriate umask. I use umask 0002
>> Put the umask directive at the top of the apachectl script, or
>> whatever script you use to start apache. Also put it at the
>> top of all your hook scripts and in your case, in your CGI
>> script.
>
> That apache serves other domains and other users as well, so this
> would affect them all, which might not be acceptable on all systems.
> So if somebody knows how to limit this setting per virtual host, or
> for dav,
> that would be great. (Maybe I should ask that in some apache mailing
> list..)
>
> At this time for my case this might actually be ok, so I'll try it
> out. Thanks

It's a good question. It looks a good job for "suexec" and virtual hosting,
but I've never found the time to pursuie doing that, say with a "subversion"
user accessing the subversion databases instead of Apache.

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