Changing default permission in Flask application with Apache web server

Question

I have a flask application that creates directory with this code:

if not os.path.exists(target_path):
    os.makedirs(target_path)

With the created directory the default permission is 0755, and the owner and group is _www. So, only the owner can write in the directory.

I always have to modify the permission manually to 0775 to make some files in it.

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How to make the default directory permission as 0775? I use apache for web server.

score 2 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:12

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This has something to do with Apache setup.

For Mac:

I found the solution from this site, for linux I guess Setting the umask of the Apache user can give some hints.

edited May 23 '17 at 12:12

Community

answered Nov 08 '14 at 16:07

prosseek

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 07 '14 at 23:07

0

Change the code to

if not os.path.exists(target_path):
    os.makedirs(target_path, mode=0775)

answered Nov 07 '14 at 23:07

kums

It doesn't work, flask or apache ignores the mode and makes the permission as 0755. – prosseek Nov 07 '14 at 23:52
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Could that be a `umask` issue? – Paul Nov 08 '14 at 02:34

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