Issue ftp user cannot modify apache user's files

[Art J]

Hello Dears,

I am sorry if this is a duplicatate ticket, but I've read a lot of on internet and still did not realize how to fix the problem with ftp and apache users permissions in plesk.
The thing is that we have a CRM running in the domain and all files/folders have permissions 755 apache:apache. When we want to edit some file via ftp we receiving permission denied.

Could you please let us know how to fix this?

Br,
Art J

 

[lvalics]

Use FastCGI or php-fpm then you will avoid this issue. For existing ones you will need to change back manually.

 

[Art J]

thanks for your quick feedback. I don't have fast cgi:



for the moment i've put "run PHP as" "application CGI". and did chown -R ftpusersacln in vhosts/domain/httpdocs/*. i left the files with 755 permissions and until now the developper is happy with this solution, he can ftp(w+r+x) and work in the CRM web

Can you pls tell me if this is good solution or not?

Br,
Art J

 

[Art J]

For existing ones you will need to change back manually.

also, this part is not clear. what you mean?

Br,
Art J

 

[Art J]

pls, could you tell me if the above solution is a good one or no?

 

[urki]

If it works and suits your needs, then it is a good solution (or at least a step in the right direction), but the preferred one should be PHP-FPM.

It would help if you included some information about your system (every time you create a new thread), like

• OS & version
• Plesk version
• Apache version

I am guessing you are on Centos 7, which should have no problems running PHP-FPM.

First, check Plesk > Tools & Settings > PHP Settings and report back with what handlers have you got listed there.

 

[Art J]

hi Urki,

Thanks for your feedback. You are right the OS is Centos7, plesk is the last available version 12.5.30 and apache version is Apache/2.4.6.
PHP settings are below:

on 5.4.16 by OS vendor Application CGI 1
on 5.4.16 by OS vendor Application FastCGI 0
on 5.4.16 by OS vendor Application PHP 0
on 5.4.16 by OS vendor Module Apache 2

Thank you in advance,

Br,
Art J

 

[urki]

Seems like you do not have PHP-FPM installed, lets check that first by

rpm -qa | grep 'fpm'

you should see the line "php-fpm-5.4.16-36.1.el7_2.1.x86_64".

If it is not there, you could try to install PHP-FPM by

yum install php-fpm

You could also try to install a Plesk PHP package which should include the PHP-FPM handler at Tools & Settings > Updates and Upgrades >Add/Remove Components > Web hosting features > PHP interpreters versions.

 

[Art J]

Hi Urki,

Again thanks for your detailed feedback. I tried to install it via web interface, however I was unable to find it:

PHP interpreter versions (1 sur 7 selectionnes)

PHP 7.0
PHP 5.6
PHP 5.5
PHP 5.4
PHP 5.3
PHP 5.2
PHP 5 from OS vendor

I want to ask you to give me few ideas about differences between PHP-FPM and PHP-CGI. what is designed for what? I read little bit in the internet(http://serverfault.com/questions/64...es-between-fast-cgi-cgi-mod-php-suphp-php-fpm) and it seems to me that if i will enabel php-fpm i will again face the problems with ftp and apache users permissions.

Could you please clarfiy?

Thnx,
Art J

 

[lvalics]

You can install without problem PHP multiple version, I suggest to do with autoinstaller of PLESK.
Then you will see in PLESK the php-fpm. That will work.
Also you need for existing files with apache user to change manually the rights.

cd /var/www/vhosts/yourdomain.com/httpdocs/
ls -al (to see the user)
chown yourusernamesacln * -R (be sure you are in the correct domain folder (use eventually pwd to see this)
Could be that repair of PLESk can do this, I am not sure.

 

[Art J]

Hi Valics,
Thnx for your feedback. Could you please tell me what will give me multiple PHP versions?

You can install without problem PHP multiple version, I suggest to do with autoinstaller of PLESK.

The below is already done as mentioned in my previous post:

cd /var/www/vhosts/yourdomain.com/httpdocs/
ls -al (to see the user)
chown yourusernamesacln * -R (be sure you are in the correct domain folder (use eventually pwd to see this)

and i changed the php mode to "application CGI" and now all is OK(ftp+apache are running both correctly).

My question is if this solution is the best one or not? Maybe I can have another configuration which will run better in terms of speed. I read some posts where it is written that the "application CGI" mode is slowing down the system.

Could you please comment on that?

Br,
Art J

 

[Art J]

by the way, i can see that php-fpm is installed:

rpm -qa | grep 'fpm'
php-fpm-5.4.16-36.1.el7_2.1.x86_64
psa-phpfpm-configurator-1.0.0-cos7.build1205160218.11.x86_64

but in the plesk GUI i cannot see this mode in order to enable it. Could you please let me know how this happen?

Br,
Art J