NFS and apache...

[Agus]

2007/5/30, Jonathan Horne <freebsd at dfwlp.com>:
>
> On Wednesday 30 May 2007 17:45:42 Agus wrote:
> > 2007/5/30, Christopher Hilton <chris at vindaloo.com>:
> > > Erik Norgaard wrote:
> > > >> How can i do this? I am trying but im getting permission
> > > >> denied...while trying to create a file...
> > > >
> > > > NFS is insecure (No File Security) since there is no authentication.
> > > > You get access with the user id of your current user.
> > >
> > > I didn't want to touch the security problems with this as I assumed
> that
> > >   the original poster knows about them. Just the same I'm assuming
> that
> > > webserver:/etc/exports has a line like:
> > >
> > >      /usr/local/www/data/mysite -maproot=nobody:nogroup 192.168.233.17
> > >
> > > which would tighten down the mount to just the one machine. As a
> > > developer, without even looking at security I think that direct access
> > > to the webroot tree is a bad idea. However I'm giving the original
> > > poster the benefit of the doubt. Perhaps he's just trying to learn
> HTML
> > > and PHP.
> > >
> > > [snip]
> > >
> > > > One security measure is implemented though: root user on client is
> > > > treated as nobody on the server. There is an option you can add to
> the
> > > > exports file (forgot which), to override this see the exports
> manpage.
> > > >
> > > >> Also if you have a different solution for updating the site..they
> are
> > > >> welcome..
> > > >
> > > > Unless you have problems with diskspace, why not just use rsync? Do
> it
> > > > manually and you get time to correct blunders before they become
> > > > public, or do it as a cronjob.
> > >
> > > rsync
> > > scp,
> > > dav,
> > > *** cvs ***
> > >
> > > When I work on a website I tend to start with the site directory in
> cvs
> > > to protect me from the damage caused by fat fingers. I'm an old C
> > > programmer and CVS and Make are tools that I'm used to so I usually
> add
> > > a really simple make file to the web tree...
> > >
> > > ***** Typical Makefile for web project *****
> > > -- cut from here --
> > >
> > > update:
> > >         cvs -PAd .
> > >
> > > MYWEBUSER =     www
> > > MYHOST =        webserver.example.com
> > > MYWEBROOT =     /usr/local/www/data/webserver.example.com/
> > >
> > > publish:
> > >         rsync -auv ./ $(MYWEBUSER)@$(MYHOST):$(MYWEBROOT)
> > >
> > > -- to here --
> > >
> > > Then running:
> > >
> > >       $ make update
> > >
> > > on the webserver from within the webtree will refresh the site from
> the
> > > latest copy in CVS. In my opinion this is the best way because with a
> > > little CVS knowledge you can back out any mistakes. This is also nice
> > > since it only depends on the ability for both your development machine
> > > and webserver to be able to reach the cvs server. A final nicety is
> that
> > > there are CVS clients for FreeBSD, Windows, and Mac OS X. On the
> > > downside you do have to setup a cvs server.
> > >
> > > Add a  little magic with ssh-keygen and the command:
> > >
> > >       $ make publish
> > >
> > > will push the current state of the web project, N.B. whatever it may
> be,
> > > onto the webserver. This is a lower overhead way of publishing that
> has
> > > the danger of no fallback position in case something is screwed up.
> > > Honestly I think that the publish tag is better used for testing than
> > > production but not every is willing to go to the overhead of using
> > > revision control (CVS, SVN, what have you) on this stuff.
> > >
> > > -- Chris
> > >
> > > --
> > >        __o          "All I was doing was trying to get home from
> work."
> > >      _`\<,_           -Rosa Parks
> > > ___(*)/_(*)___________________________________________________________
> > > Christopher Sean Hilton                    <chris | at | vindaloo.com>
> > >          pgp key: D0957A2D/f5 30 0a e1 55 76 9b 1f 47 0b 07 e9 75 0e
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> >
> > Great.....thanks a lot guys....you've been very kind.....
> > I will begin reading about rsync and CVS then....it also seems a lot
> more
> > interesting than NFS....
> >
> > Thanks again...
> > Greetz
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> im a kde user, and i like to access my web server via sftp using the
> konqueror
> file manager.  just open your home, open another tab, put in
> sftp://yourserver in the address bar... and drag and drop the files where
> they go!
> --
> Jonathan Horne
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> freebsd at dfwlp.com
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Great....that should be easy..jaja....thanks....very simple and
practical....

great tip,
greetz