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Re: File uploaded under 'nobody' uid on linux

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On 05/18/2011 01:17 PM, Lew wrote:
> ruds wrote:
>> I have a web application in which users upload files and later I
>> convert them to pdf's [sic] using jodconverter.
>> What I have found is, when users upload files they are stored under
>> 'nobody's' [sic] uid on linux [sic].
>> Let me give you a back ground of my webapp.
>> tomcat is under /root/apache* directory, I have given a link to actual
>> source files and uploaded files stored in the webapps directory of
>> apache.
>> The actual files are stored under another users home/projects
>> directory.
>> So when a web user uploads some files it is being stored at above
>> mentioned location and when I want to convert the files to pdf I'm am
>> not having write permissions to the files as the UID for these files
>> is 65534.
>> Now, please tell me what should I do so that whenever files are
>> uploaded they are stored with the user's name where all code and other
>> files are stored.
>
> That depends in great measure on the deployment environment (Tomcat?
> WebSphere?), but ultimately on what user ID the application runs under.
> Presumably it's running as 'nobody', right?
>
> This is actually a Linux question - check your HOW-TOs and the documentation
> for your application server. I usually just run the startup script under the
> desired user ID.
>
> Another thing you can do is run a 'chmod' script that's setuid to root.

Oops - 'chown' script.  Or both.

-- 
Lew
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File uploaded under 'nobody' uid on linux ruds <rudranee@gmail.com> - 2011-05-18 01:12 -0700
  Re: File uploaded under 'nobody' uid on linux Lew <noone@lewscanon.com> - 2011-05-18 13:17 -0400
    Re: File uploaded under 'nobody' uid on linux Lew <noone@lewscanon.com> - 2011-05-18 13:17 -0400
      Re: File uploaded under 'nobody' uid on linux ruds <rudranee@gmail.com> - 2011-05-18 21:53 -0700
        Re: File uploaded under 'nobody' uid on linux Nigel Wade <nmw-news@ion.le.ac.uk> - 2011-05-19 10:09 +0100
  Re: File uploaded under 'nobody' uid on linux Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@geek-central.gen.new_zealand> - 2011-05-19 21:50 +1200
    Re: File uploaded under 'nobody' uid on linux Lew <noone@lewscanon.com> - 2011-05-19 09:07 -0400
      Re: File uploaded under 'nobody' uid on linux "John B. Matthews" <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2011-05-19 20:51 -0400
        Re: File uploaded under 'nobody' uid on linux Lew <noone@lewscanon.com> - 2011-05-19 22:10 -0400
          Re: File uploaded under 'nobody' uid on linux "John B. Matthews" <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2011-05-20 00:16 -0400
          Re: File uploaded under 'nobody' uid on linux ruds <rudranee@gmail.com> - 2011-05-24 01:15 -0700
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