[NTLUG:Discuss] su?

[Greg Edwards]

Lance Simmons wrote:
> 
> 
> I'm just afraid that if I change the password for www, that will make
> FrontPage no longer work for lots of people, since _they_ will
> no longer be able (using FrontPage) to save files as www. I'm
> starting to think the answer to my question turns on the details
> of how FrontPage server extensions work. Does anyone know
> off-hand?
> 
> Lance Simmons


Lance,

Write a small script that will do a chown on the entire web directory
tree to www "chown -R www /webhome".  Make the owner of the script root
and the mode r-x so that nobody can modify it and set it up to run every
15 minutes from cron.  There will be a window where you won't be able to
serve the page but it'll be short.

A more elaborate solution would be to use CVS or RCS and require all
users to checkin changes.  Schedule a make install on the webtree every
15 or 30 minutes or allow them to do a make install themselves.  I'm big
on automating everything I can.

-- 
Greg Edwards
New Age Software, Inc.
http://www.nas-inet.com