phpmyadmin, chmod, chown, etc.

[cazort]

I have had phpmyadmin working. The thing is, I want to make it so that only apache (and root) can access the directory. I tried chown and chgrping everything in the directory to be such that only apache could read the files in the directory...but now I can't access phpmyadmin.

What am I doing wrong?

drw-rw---- 7 apache apache 3056 Nov 12 14:30 phpmyadmin/

With everything in the directory having the same privileges...why isn't this working?

[db_404]

You don't have the execute bit set on the directory, try chmod 770 phpmyadmin and see if that works (oh, and you'll need to do the same to any subdirectories as well).

[cazort]

Nope, this still gives permission denied when I try to access the webpage.

[db_404]

Do a ls -ld phpmyadmin in the web root
And a ls -l in phpmyadmin

Mine are:

[kentsin]

I have the same problem, after I chown apache:apache *
chmod u+x *.php

I can access.

However, Is that OK?

Why is emerge write file in /var/www/localhost/htdocs/... as root:root and with wrong mode?

[cazort]

db404: if I set the permissions to the way you have yours, it works. The problem is, I don't want those permissions. I don't want everyone to be able to read that directory.

There is a (not necessarily gaping) security hole in the way your file is set up which is that config.inc.php is readable by anyone. This is not generally a good idea.

I basically changed the ownership of the directory and all files in it to the apache user/group. The thing is...when I remove readable access for anyone, it fails on me.

I want to make it so that only root and the apache user can read this directory; I don't want anyone else to even be able to see the contents of the directory.

[db_404]

[cazort]