[GRLUG] permission denied: apache group

[Eric Beversluis]

On Sat, 2012-01-07 at 15:25 -0500, Adam Tauno Williams wrote:
> On Sat, 2012-01-07 at 15:18 -0500, Eric Beversluis wrote:
> > I've got my WordPress files on localhost owned by apache (seemed to be
> > the only way I could get WP to do automatic updates). Permissions set to
> > 775.
> > I've made myself a member of the apache group (confirmed that). But I
> > get 'permission denied' when I try to create a new subdirectory in a WP
> > directory (both from command line and from Nautilus).
> > Is there something about apache that's blocking this? Or am I missing
> > something else?
> 
Not having trouble with permissions etc in general.
> Do you have anything like SELinux or AppArmour enabled?
SELinux disabled, as far as I know.
> 
> Do you have nscd running on the box?  [did you restart nscd after the
> change of group membership]
> I think not. When I tried nscd -help I was prompted if I wanted to install it.
> If you run "id" in that session/terminal do you see yourself as a member
> of the group?
> id => "uid=500(eric) gid=500(eric) groups=500(eric)"

> If you run "bash --login" and then try again does it work?
Nope.
Do I need to reboot to change group membership? Or restart apache to
join that group?

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