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how to change red5 server video file owner to apache user


I have a red5 server installed. It is working fine. I want to changes the default owner of the video file created by red5 server. Currently it is root.I want this to be changed to apache so that I can delete this file through php unlink command.

Any help will be appreciated.


Solution

  • The bigbluebutton project does something similar wherein they run red5 as its own user, you could modify this information to use the apache user instead after installing red5.

      chown -R root.root /usr/share/red5
      chown -R apache:apache /usr/share/red5/log
      chmod 755 /usr/share/red5/log
      chgrp apache /usr/share/red5/webapps
      chmod 775 /usr/share/red5/webapps
    

    You need to adjust the paths, groups, and users to fit your installation. I am assuming that your user and group are named "apache". The final part of this is to make sure you start red5 as the "apache" user; this will most likely require a change to your startup scripts.