Applicable to:
- Plesk Onyx for Linux
Symptoms
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When clicking the Secure button in Plesk at Domains > example.com > Check Security nothing happens: There is still a red exclamation mark next to Permissions for files and directories.
- Unable to apply security measure "Restrict access to files and directories":
PLESK_ERROR: Unable to set permissions on /var/www/vhosts/example.com/httpdocs/script.php: Operation not permitted
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There are several files or directories inside a domain document root directory that do not belong to the
psaclngroup and/or to thesysuseruser:# find /var/www/vhosts/example.com/httpdocs/* ! -group psacln
drwxr-xr-x. 9 sysuser apache 4096 Aug 11 2016 wp-admin
-rw-r--r--. 1 apache apache 4035 Sep 18 2015 wp-trackback.php
Cause
Incorrect ownership: all files and directories under a domain document root directory should belong to psacln group and to the sysuser user.
Resolution
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Connect to the Plesk server using SSH.
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Modify the ownership for all files and directories inside domain's document root:
# chown -R sysuser:psacln /var/www/vhosts/example.com/httpdocs/*
If the subdomain is affected:
# chown -R sysuser:psacln /var/www/vhosts/example.com/subdom.example.com/*
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Set group ownership for httpdocs directory itself to
psaserv:# chown sysuser:psaserv /var/www/vhosts/example.com/httpdocs
If the subdomain is affected:
# chown sysuser:psacln /var/www/vhosts/example.com/subdom.example.com/
Comments
2 comments
Hello friends,
in point number 3 I think the command should set the group psaserv instead of psacln
like this
chown sysuser:psaserv /var/www/vhosts/example.com/httpdocs
Hello @Alejandro,
Thank you for the notice, you're right.
I'll correct the 3rd step.
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