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Written by: Mikko Silvennoinen

Category: Linux permissions

Published: 26 July 2024

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#!/bin/bash # Set the base directory 
BASE_DIR="/var/www" 

# Set ownership 
echo "Setting ownership to www-data:www-data for all directories under $BASE_DIR..." 
sudo chown -R www-data:www-data $BASE_DIR 

# Set permissions for directories 
echo "Setting permissions to 755 for all directories under $BASE_DIR..." 
sudo find $BASE_DIR -type d -exec chmod 755 {} \; 

# Set permissions for files 
echo "Setting permissions to 644 for all files under $BASE_DIR..." 
sudo find $BASE_DIR -type f -exec chmod 644 {} \; 

# Set permissions for special Joomla directories 
JOOMLA_DIRS=("administrator/cache" "cache" "logs" "tmp") 

for dir in "${JOOMLA_DIRS[@]}"; 
do 
echo "Setting permissions to 775 for $BASE_DIR/*/$dir..." 

sudo find $BASE_DIR -type d -name $dir -exec chmod 775 {} \; done 

# Set SELinux context if SELinux is enabled 
if command -v getenforce &> /dev/null && [ "$(getenforce)" != "Disabled" ]; 
then 

echo "Setting SELinux context for special Joomla directories..." 

for dir in "${JOOMLA_DIRS[@]}"; do 
sudo find $BASE_DIR -type d -name $dir -exec chcon -R -t httpd_sys_rw_content_t {} \; done 
fi 

# Restart Apache echo "Restarting Apache..." 
sudo systemctl restart apache2 

echo "Permissions and ownership setup completed successfully."