Chmod for Joomla Installation. Step by step Chmod and Chgrp!

admin — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 13:28:58 +0000

For joomla 1.5

chmod g+w administrator/backups/
chmod g+w administrator/components/
chmod g+w administrator/language/
chmod g+w administrator/language/en-GB/
chmod g+w administrator/language/ru-RU/
chmod g+w administrator/modules/
chmod g+w administrator/templates/
chmod g+w components/
chmod g+w images/
chmod g+w images/banners/
chmod g+w images/stories/
chmod g+w language/
chmod g+w language/en-GB/
chmod g+w language/pdf_fonts/
chmod g+w language/ru-RU/
chmod g+w media/
chmod g+w modules/
chmod g+w plugins/
chmod g+w plugins/content/
chmod g+w plugins/editors/
chmod g+w plugins/editors-xtd/
chmod g+w plugins/search/
chmod g+w plugins/system/
chmod g+w plugins/user/
chmod g+w plugins/xmlrpc/
chmod g+w templates/
chmod g+w administrator/cache/
chmod g+w logs/
chmod g+w cache/
chmod g+w logs/
chmod g+w tmp/
 
chmod g+w administrator/components/com_sh404sef/config	
chmod g+w administrator/components/com_sh404sef/config/config.sef.php	
chmod g+w administrator/components/com_sh404sef	
chmod g+w administrator/components/com_sh404sef/custom.sef.php	
chmod g+w administrator/components/com_sh404sef/logs	
chmod g+w administrator/components/com_sh404sef/security	
chmod g+w components/com_sh404sef/cache
 
find ./cache  -type f  -exec chmod 666 {} \;
find ./cache/  -type d -exec chmod 777 {} \;
find ./administrator/components/com_sh404sef/config  -type f  -exec chmod 666 {} \;
find ./administrator/components/com_sh404sef/logs  -type f -exec  chmod 666 {} \;
find ./administrator/components/com_sh404sef/security  -type f -exec  chmod 666 {} \;
find ./components/com_sh404sef/cache  -type f  -exec chmod 666 {} \;

For joomla 1.0

The main thing that needs to be changed during a Joomla install is the directory permissions. Here is a shot of the install application before fixing the permissions:

administrator/backups Unwriteable
administrator/components Unwriteable
administrator/modules Unwriteable
administrator/templates Unwriteable
cache Unwriteable
components Unwriteable
images Unwriteable
images/banners Unwriteable
images/stories Unwriteable
language Unwriteable
mambots Unwriteable
mambots/content Unwriteable
mambots/editors Unwriteable
mambots/editors-xtd Unwriteable
mambots/search Unwriteable
mambots/system Unwriteable
media Unwriteable
modules Unwriteable
templates Unwriteable

List of chgrp for Apache and chmod commands list to make permissions for the web server when joomla install:

chgrp apache cache
chgrp apache components
chgrp apache images
chgrp apache images/banners
chgrp apache images/stories
chgrp apache language
chgrp apache mambots
chgrp apache mambots/content
chgrp apache mambots/editors
chgrp apache mambots/editors-xtd
chgrp apache mambots/search
chgrp apache mambots/system
chgrp apache media
chgrp apache modules
chgrp apache templates
chmod g+w administrator/backups
chmod g+w administrator/components
chmod g+w administrator/modules
chmod g+w administrator/templates
chmod g+w cache
chmod g+w components
chmod g+w images
chmod g+w images/banners
chmod g+w images/stories
chmod g+w language
chmod g+w mambots
chmod g+w mambots/content
chmod g+w mambots/editors
chmod g+w mambots/editors-xtd
chmod g+w mambots/search
chmod g+w mambots/system
chmod g+w media
chmod g+w modules
chmod g+w templates
chgrp apache administrator/backups
chgrp apache administrator/components
chgrp apache administrator/modules
chgrp apache administrator/templates

Now the installation check looks like this:

administrator/backups	Writeable
administrator/components	Writeable
administrator/modules	Writeable
administrator/templates	Writeable
cache	Writeable
components	Writeable
images	Writeable
images/banners	Writeable
images/stories	Writeable
language	Writeable
mambots	Writeable
mambots/content	Writeable
mambots/editors	Writeable
mambots/editors-xtd	Writeable
mambots/search	Writeable
mambots/system	Writeable
media	Writeable
modules	Writeable
templates	Writeable

Note:Chmod Commands:

As shown the general format of the command is

chmod -R/c/f/v [u / g / o / a] [+ / - / =] [rwxXstugo]

here

u : user

g: group

o : others

a : all

+ : give permission

- : take permission away

= : cause the permissions given to be the only permissions of the file

r : read permission

w: write permission

x : execute permission

X: execute only if it is a directory or already has execute permission for some user

s : set user or group ID on execution

t : save program text on swap device

u : the permissions that the user who owns the file has for it

g : the permissions that the owner?s group has for a file

o : the permissions that users not in the owner?s group have for it

(X, s, t, u, g and o are not required for common tasks)

the initial options -R/c/f/v are explained as follows :

-c : Displays names of only those files whose permissions are being changed

( –changes can also be used instead of -c )

-f : Suppresses display of error messages when a file?s permissions cannot be changed

( –silent of –quiet can also be used instead of -f )

-R: Recursively changes the permission of all files in all subdirectories of the directory whose

permissions are being changed

( –recursive can also be used )

-v : Displays results of all permission changes

( –verbose can also be used )

Note: chgrp command

The chgrp command is used to change the group ownership of one or more files or directories. Its general syntax is :

chgrp [-Rcfv] groupname foo.txt

The flags used here are also the same as those in the chmod command. The changes in ownership are applied to the groupname and the filename specified

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Chmod for Joomla Installation. Step by step Chmod and Chgrp!

Note:Chmod Commands:

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