Permissions and file owner

[planetcaravan]

Hi there,

I'm using ISP Config 3. I've configured a couple of clients and all it's working fine.

I don't understand how permissions are working. Many times I have to setup 775 permissions to run many scripts. In Joomla, after a component installation, its folder owner is www-data and not client7.

How can I made file permissions and owner recursive for each client folder?

[till]

I don't understand how permissions are working. Many times I have to setup 775 permissions to run many scripts. In Joomla, after a component installation, its folder owner is www-data and not client7.

There are no directory permission cahnges required, you used just the wrong website settings. Joomla and other cms system require the following website settings:

Suexec: on
PHP mode: php-fcgi

as described in the ispconfig manual.

The chown / chmod that you did is insecure and can cause that other sites get hacked on your server. You shoudl undo these changes and chnage the settings for the website as I suggested above.

[planetcaravan]

Thanks for your answer. I've purchased the manual.
So are you suggesting me to use

Suexec: on
PHP mode: php-fcgi

on each site I'm having permission problems?

Do I have to restart Apache afeter this update?

[till]

on each site I'm having permission problems?

Yes. Xou should use this setting on every site that runs a php based cms system. With these settings, php runs udner the owner of the website and not the www-data user, that is more secure in case that a site gets hacked and it allows the cms system to store addons and install updates without needing a chmod.

Do I have to restart Apache afeter this update?

No. Thats all handled by ispconfig. Just wait a minute until the items in the jobqueue (ispconfig monitor) are disappeared.