Fix file owner/group post migration from Plesk 10

[Chris1]

Hello,

We have recently migrated some web hosting accounts from Plesk 10 server where quite a few accounts were using PHP via the Apache module whereas now on the Plesk 12.5 server they are using either FastCGI or FPM.

Some users files and folders are still owned by the Apache user after migration which causes problems when our customers try and update their software such as Wordpress.

Is there a way to fix file owner/groups across the whole server so that all users files are owned by the system user and not the Apache user?

 

[UFHH01]

Hi Chris1,

did you already try

/usr/local/psa/bin/repair --restore-vhosts-permissions​

as suggested at

[How to] Restore default permissions in the virtual host directory ( KB - article 6572 )​

 

[Chris1]

Hi @UFHH01

Ahh excellent, I didn't know that tool existed. Is it possible to do it on just one vhost to test?

 

[UFHH01]

Ahh excellent, I didn't know that tool existed. Is it possible to do it on just one vhost to test?

No, this is not possible with that command.

If you wish to "test" that on one (sub)domain, you have to use a command like:

chown -R SYSTEM-USER-OF-THE_DOMAIN:psacln /var/www/vhosts/YOUR-DOMAIN.COM/httpdocs

or

chown -R SYSTEM-USER-OF-THE_DOMAIN:psacln /var/www/vhosts/YOUR-DOMAIN.COM/subdomain.YOUR-DOMAIN.COM

Pls. change "SYSTEM-USER-OF-THE_DOMAIN" to the correct system-user of the domain.​

 

[Chris1]

No, this is not possible with that command.

If you wish to "test" that on one (sub)domain, you have to use a command like:

chown -R SYSTEM-USER-OF-THE_DOMAIN:psacln /var/www/vhosts/YOUR-DOMAIN.COM/httpdocs

or

chown -R SYSTEM-USER-OF-THE_DOMAIN:psacln /var/www/vhosts/YOUR-DOMAIN.COM/subdomain.YOUR-DOMAIN.COM

Pls. change "SYSTEM-USER-OF-THE_DOMAIN" to the correct system-user of the domain.​

Hi @UFHH01,

I find that when I run the above commands, it will change the group of the "httpdocs" directory to "psacln" which causes a problem when trying to load their website. I needed to change the group on the "httpdocs" directory back to "psaserv" for the website to be accessible.

 

[UFHH01]

Hi Chris1,

sorry... yes... I didn't mention, that "psaserv" should be still the owner of the documentroot. Pls. add as second command to the above line:

&& chown SYSTEM-USER-OF-THE_DOMAIN:psaserv /var/www/vhosts/YOUR-DOMAIN.COM/httpdocs

 

[Chris1]

Hi @UFHH01

No worries, thanks!