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Asked: 2011-03-11 05:46:34 +0800 CST

chmod a folder permanently

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kind of a newbie to server stuff.

I am running a centOS setup with whoosh search engine for my django app. Everytime I restart or rebuild my index i get a warning that states IOError: The path to your Whoosh index '/www/test/mysite_index' is not writable for the current user/group.

How do I make sure this folder stays permanently CHMOD'd

Thanks

apache-2.2 django chmod centos5

2 Answers

  1. Chmod is already permanent.
    The fact that the permissions change means that another process or user changes the permissions back behind your back.

    Beside that, it's probably a better idea to use the chown command to change the owner of the folder.

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  2. There could be a few options: Try looking at the umask for the user/process that creates the file.

    You also want to look at the group owner of the file and the processes that are trying to read it , should they be in the same group ?

    Failing that then look at adding a chmod command to a script just after the file is created as part of its creation script.

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