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[Jerome Gotangco]

> > > Then we need to figure out
> > > permissions for having users write to the directory that apache reads.
> > > 777 is the easy option, but there is probably a better one.
> >
> > Don't get this. All we need to do is set up some cron jobs that download
> > our svn repository, build the docs, and post them in the apache
> > directory. Should be real easy, I do it already on my home comp on
> > tseng's webspace.
> 
> Hendrik, I also am not sure. What did you have in mind that would result in
> users having rw within Apache?

Why is there a need to have write permissions within /var/www when we
can easily just create a generic ordinary user for this job and have
his www folder pointed to d.u.c? I've done this before in numerous
Ubuntu server installations.


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Cheers!

Jerome G.