3 Replies Latest reply: Mar 22, 2010 7:17 AM by GuitsBoy

cffile writing files as root user

GuitsBoy Mar 19, 2010 9:55 AM

Hi all -

I have a weird issue im trying to figure out.

A developer recently informed me of a problem in his sandbox. The cffile upload tag is creating files with the root user and root group command.

Redhat Linux 5.4

ColdFusion 8 Enterprise multi-server

Each developer has his own CF instance

Apache runs as user nobody group nobody

Files are being uploaded to a directory owned by the developers account, group IT, with 777 permissions. The file uploaded lands in that directory owned as root, group root, with 644 permissions.

Any suggestiosn on where to look?

Thanks so much.

1. Re: cffile writing files as root user

BKBK Mar 21, 2010 4:00 AM (in response to GuitsBoy)

it isn't yet clear to me what the problem is.
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2. Re: cffile writing files as root user

Owain North Mar 22, 2010 3:56 AM (in response to GuitsBoy)

The files will be written by ColdFusion, not Apache - therefore check who CF is running as.

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3. Re: cffile writing files as root user

GuitsBoy Mar 22, 2010 7:17 AM (in response to Owain North)

Yup, you were right. The start up script ( /etc/init.d/coldfusion8multi ) referenced the user root, most likely as a bandaid since when I changed it back to the user "nobody" it threw an error. This was because the user nobody had a default shell of /sbin/null. When I changed this to give user nobody an actual shell environment, CF finally started user the user nobody. Looks like its working now. Thanks!
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