How to find files or folders that are inaccessible to a certain user?
I am trying to install some package in my Joomla but got an error saying "error trying to delete inaccessible file". I checked with the package developer, they said I need to make sure all files and folders under my Joomla installation is accessible to the web server.
I was reading some tutorial about find command and its -perm parameter, but the articles I read didn't mention how do I check permission against a particular user; Also they are all about checking files with permission but not without.
So how do I find out which file/folder is causing the CMS to throw out this "inaccessible" error?
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I am trying to install some package in my Joomla but got an error saying "error trying to delete inaccessible file". I checked with the package developer, they said I need to make sure all files and folders under my Joomla installation is accessible to the web server.
I was reading some tutorial about find command and its -perm parameter, but the articles I read didn't mention how do I check permission against a particular user; Also they are all about checking files with permission but not without.
So how do I find out which file/folder is causing the CMS to throw out this "inaccessible" error?
permissions find
asked Jan 14 at 18:34
shenkwenshenkwen
1791212
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I am trying to install some package in my Joomla but got an error saying "error trying to delete inaccessible file". I checked with the package developer, they said I need to make sure all files and folders under my Joomla installation is accessible to the web server.
I was reading some tutorial about find command and its -perm parameter, but the articles I read didn't mention how do I check permission against a particular user; Also they are all about checking files with permission but not without.
So how do I find out which file/folder is causing the CMS to throw out this "inaccessible" error?
permissions find
asked Jan 14 at 18:34
shenkwenshenkwen
1791212
I am trying to install some package in my Joomla but got an error saying "error trying to delete inaccessible file". I checked with the package developer, they said I need to make sure all files and folders under my Joomla installation is accessible to the web server.
I was reading some tutorial about find command and its -perm parameter, but the articles I read didn't mention how do I check permission against a particular user; Also they are all about checking files with permission but not without.
So how do I find out which file/folder is causing the CMS to throw out this "inaccessible" error?
permissions find
permissions find
asked Jan 14 at 18:34
shenkwenshenkwen
1791212
asked Jan 14 at 18:34
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asked Jan 14 at 18:34
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asked Jan 14 at 18:34
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Access to directory is controlled by x - execute - bit in the permissions. The issue could be due to the user having no executable permissions as owner or a group to which user belongs has no executable permissions set on the directory.
In order to use find for that task, it's sufficient to specify -user as the owner of the directory and -not -executable flags.:
~$ find -type d -user $USER -not -executable
./foo/bar
./test_access
~$ ls -ld ./foo/bar ./test_access
drw-r-xr-- 2 admin admin 4096 Jan 15 03:36 ./foo/bar
drw-r--r-- 2 admin admin 4096 Jan 4 15:38 ./test_access
For cases where group part off the permissions is of interest, you could find groups the user belongs to and iterate over them:
for i in $(groups $USER | cut -d':' -f2) ; do find -type d -group "$i" -not -executable ; done
If neither case turns any potential results, the issue could be due to user not belonging to a group which has access to the directory that gives the issue.
Note also that web servers typically use www-data user/group. You probably want to be checking permissions using that username or group name.
answered Jan 14 at 19:50
Sergiy KolodyazhnyySergiy Kolodyazhnyy
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Access to directory is controlled by x - execute - bit in the permissions. The issue could be due to the user having no executable permissions as owner or a group to which user belongs has no executable permissions set on the directory.
In order to use find for that task, it's sufficient to specify -user as the owner of the directory and -not -executable flags.:
~$ find -type d -user $USER -not -executable
./foo/bar
./test_access
~$ ls -ld ./foo/bar ./test_access
drw-r-xr-- 2 admin admin 4096 Jan 15 03:36 ./foo/bar
drw-r--r-- 2 admin admin 4096 Jan 4 15:38 ./test_access
For cases where group part off the permissions is of interest, you could find groups the user belongs to and iterate over them:
for i in $(groups $USER | cut -d':' -f2) ; do find -type d -group "$i" -not -executable ; done
If neither case turns any potential results, the issue could be due to user not belonging to a group which has access to the directory that gives the issue.
Note also that web servers typically use www-data user/group. You probably want to be checking permissions using that username or group name.
answered Jan 14 at 19:50
Sergiy KolodyazhnyySergiy Kolodyazhnyy
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Access to directory is controlled by x - execute - bit in the permissions. The issue could be due to the user having no executable permissions as owner or a group to which user belongs has no executable permissions set on the directory.
In order to use find for that task, it's sufficient to specify -user as the owner of the directory and -not -executable flags.:
~$ find -type d -user $USER -not -executable
./foo/bar
./test_access
~$ ls -ld ./foo/bar ./test_access
drw-r-xr-- 2 admin admin 4096 Jan 15 03:36 ./foo/bar
drw-r--r-- 2 admin admin 4096 Jan 4 15:38 ./test_access
For cases where group part off the permissions is of interest, you could find groups the user belongs to and iterate over them:
for i in $(groups $USER | cut -d':' -f2) ; do find -type d -group "$i" -not -executable ; done
If neither case turns any potential results, the issue could be due to user not belonging to a group which has access to the directory that gives the issue.
Note also that web servers typically use www-data user/group. You probably want to be checking permissions using that username or group name.
answered Jan 14 at 19:50
Sergiy KolodyazhnyySergiy Kolodyazhnyy
71.7k9148314
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Access to directory is controlled by x - execute - bit in the permissions. The issue could be due to the user having no executable permissions as owner or a group to which user belongs has no executable permissions set on the directory.
In order to use find for that task, it's sufficient to specify -user as the owner of the directory and -not -executable flags.:
~$ find -type d -user $USER -not -executable
./foo/bar
./test_access
~$ ls -ld ./foo/bar ./test_access
drw-r-xr-- 2 admin admin 4096 Jan 15 03:36 ./foo/bar
drw-r--r-- 2 admin admin 4096 Jan 4 15:38 ./test_access
For cases where group part off the permissions is of interest, you could find groups the user belongs to and iterate over them:
for i in $(groups $USER | cut -d':' -f2) ; do find -type d -group "$i" -not -executable ; done
If neither case turns any potential results, the issue could be due to user not belonging to a group which has access to the directory that gives the issue.
Note also that web servers typically use www-data user/group. You probably want to be checking permissions using that username or group name.
answered Jan 14 at 19:50
Sergiy KolodyazhnyySergiy Kolodyazhnyy
71.7k9148314
Access to directory is controlled by x - execute - bit in the permissions. The issue could be due to the user having no executable permissions as owner or a group to which user belongs has no executable permissions set on the directory.
In order to use find for that task, it's sufficient to specify -user as the owner of the directory and -not -executable flags.:
~$ find -type d -user $USER -not -executable
./foo/bar
./test_access
~$ ls -ld ./foo/bar ./test_access
drw-r-xr-- 2 admin admin 4096 Jan 15 03:36 ./foo/bar
drw-r--r-- 2 admin admin 4096 Jan 4 15:38 ./test_access
For cases where group part off the permissions is of interest, you could find groups the user belongs to and iterate over them:
for i in $(groups $USER | cut -d':' -f2) ; do find -type d -group "$i" -not -executable ; done
If neither case turns any potential results, the issue could be due to user not belonging to a group which has access to the directory that gives the issue.
Note also that web servers typically use www-data user/group. You probably want to be checking permissions using that username or group name.
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