Re: access mode of a directory

["A.Sajjad Zaidi" <sajjad@example.com>]

SN_Diamond wrote:

> Oh, don't do that.  If you only want apache to see it, make a separate group
> apache (unless it already exists) and change the directory's group to this
> apache group.

Yes thats the preferred way of doing this, but since apache runs as 'nobody' by
default a lot of lazy people (like myself) dont bother changing this.

> Exactly.  That might mean every samba client, and there might be other ways
> to get in too.  "Nobody" doesn't exactly mean everybody, but it comes pretty
> close to meaning every stranger.

Not a good idea to run Samba on a globally accessable web server anyway.

asz