Correct folder permissions for Symfony on Linux ?

Question

I have moved my XP installation of Symfony (1.3.2) to Linux (Ubuntu 9.10). I now get a blank screen. Upon checking the Apache log files, I realised that apache daemon did not have permissions to create the cache folder.

I used chgrp and chown to manually assign permission. When I then accessed the homepage, I got a 403 forbidden message, saying that permission not allowed to access .htaccess file.

What exactly are the required folder/file permissions for Symfony on Linux?

The documentation fails to mention this anywhere

Answer 1

I have .htaccess set to 775 and cache folder 777 if that helps?, which user/group owns the files depends on how you've configured your server.

Answer 2

symfony permissions

symfony's CLI tool offers a task to fix part of this problem:

for sf1.0.x, use: symfony fix-perms from the command line in the root directory of your project on the Linux server.

for sf1.1+, use: symfony project:permissions from the same location.

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You may also want to address overall permissions for Apache on the server:

Apache/system permissions

I use these two commands as part of an overall permission fix on hosts with permissions:

chown -R username:group /path/to/project_dir
chmod -R 775 /path/to/project_dir

username and group here are the owners of the parent dir, generally.

You can combine these and the symfony CLI commands into a short batch script if you like, and add this to the root of your project dir.