Hi,

I’ve noticed something quite odd, but I don’t know if the problem come from Linux itself or nginx…

In order to grant nginx access to a directory let say your static see: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/16808813/nginx-serve-static-file-and-got-403-forbidden

These parent directories “/”, “/root”, “/root/downloads” should give the execute(x) permission to ‘www-data’ or ‘nobody’. i.e.

but it seem not only the direct parent need to be given XX5 but all the chain

for example

example
└── sub1
    └── sub2
        └── static

it seem you need to set allow others to read and execute 5 all the parents example, sub1, sub2 Why is that !?? I’ve found it so akward and unsecure ! is there a workaround ?

Thanks.

  • ScottA
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    5 months ago

    The execute bit on directories allows for traversal of the directory (i.e. allows you to cd in), while the read bit allows for listing the directory contents (e.g. ls).