Default user under which apache web server is run on Debian-based systems.
www-data is the default user under which apache web server is run on Debian-based systems like Debian and Ubuntu.
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BASH-create a 'www-data' crontab that runs a PHP file
I need to get this to run in a cron file in /etc/cron.d/:
*/15 * * * * php -f /var/www/nextcloud/cron.php
...but, my scripts don't run. It's permissions are set to 644 and I need to create it with a Shell/BASH script. I'm using:
echo "*/15 * * * *…
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PHP 7 FPM checkconf is throwing invalid user: ‘www-data:www-data’, but I'm not using a www-data user
I'm using a different user for my web services. Screw convention.
I don't have www-data set in any php config files:
$ grep -rnw /etc -e 'www-data'
$
But I'm still getting this error:
$ journalctl -u php7.0-fpm
php7.0-fpm-checkconf[19642]:…
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520 `recv() failed` only when running application as www-data
I'm running a nginx proxy server that fronts a SignalR application with thousands of connected WebSocket clients.
To accommodate all of these connections, I have set the following in nginx.conf:
worker_rlimit_nofile 60000;
events {
…
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How can a hacker compromising the www-data user account install a rootkit?
Recently a site of mine was hacked. For sure the attacker can execute PHP and start an interactive shell, etc.
I understand a hacker can delete files, or delete DB, the site folder, write in the cron of www-data to do some tasks.
What I don't…
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apache2 server no permission on new directory
I am setting up an apache2 server on my server. I wanted to use another directory then /var/www. I created the directory /web
added my user to the www-data group
changed the owner/group and the permission:
chown -R root:www-data /web
chmod -R 755…
Apatus
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Can't create files with `ubuntu` user under `/var/www`
I've added ubuntu user to the www-data group and set the folder permissions as follows:
sudo gpasswd -a "$USER" www-data
find /var/www -type f -exec chmod 0640 {} \;
sudo find /var/www -type d -exec chmod 2750 {} \;
I can verify that ubuntu has…
Arman H
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give www-data the permission to write into /home and others root directories
I have a big problem since few days with permissions on my Symfony2 application.
The background :
I write a PHP app with symfony2 which gives an overview of many Moodle instances on each servers that I own, this app is also able to auto install a…
Florian Doyen
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How to run php exec for nested scripting on remote machines?
I originally asked this question stackEx, and realized it was a much better fit here.
I'm trying to automate the deployment of services on a cluster of hosts from a web-server. I've evoked the php exec function earlier to run simple scripts, and…
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How do I create files in directory owned by user in same group without sudo?
I have created a user to own website files (drupal) and added that user to www-data, so essentially all files are drupaluser:www-data. I want to go in and put the site in to git but I get permission denied although we are both members of www-data. I…
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Allow dev user to edit files that sometimes belong to www-data
This question has been asked time and time again but none of the answers seem to answer my specific question - either that or I'm not getting it.
Anyway, as per the title, I'm trying to limit our web developers to a particular folder eg:…
Touff
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Checking the history of www-data user
While normal users have a .bash_history in their home directory, the www-data user does not have a home directory.
As such, are there any means to track the history of the www-data user?
Reuben L.
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/usr/sbin/apache2 -k start command in HTOP running consistently. Is it a bot?
I have got a VPS with six websites running on it. None of them get very much traffic at all, maybe 10-20 a day each.
As far as I am aware, /usr/sbin/apache2 -k start should represent a user hitting a site. (user in htop is www-data.)
I am watching…
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Scripts not running as www-data on Ubuntu Server
I have a dedicated server running Ubuntu 10.04 LTS.
Every other apache setup I've used defaults to running scripts as www-data.
This one, however, is running everything as my username on the server and it is really messing things up.
Can anyone…
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Does changing the home directory of www-data break anything (esp. apache)?
We're running on Ubuntu and have an Apache2 webserver with some apps that require cron-jobs installed.
The cron jobs occasionally send mails which of course goes to the www-data user. The home dir of that user is /var/www but for security reasons…
thoni56
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Getting Redmine integrated with svn while running passenger as user www-data
I'm having some problems getting passenger and svn to work in Redmine.
System
Ubuntu 12.04
Apache 2.2.22
PassengerRuby 1.9.1
Passenger 3.0.19
Problem
When I let Passenger do it's normal user switching and run as www-data, svn integration doesn't…
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