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= Change umask (privileges) for files modified by Apache =

== Intro ==
By default, umask is set to 022, which means 755 for folders and 644 for non-executable files.<br>
In this case, only owner can change the contents of the file.<br>

So let's imagine, that You've uploaded some stuff. By default, only You will be able to change the content, and apache will be shooting error messages.<br>

== Solution ==
 1. Create special user for web content management (for example admin)
 2. Change his umask
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<pre>
echo "umask 002" >> /home/admin/.bashrc
echo "umask 002" >> /home/admin/.bash_profile
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<i>Here comes systemd part :))</i><br>

 3. vim /usr/lib/systemd/system/httpd.service 
 4. Paste <pre>UMask=0002</pre> in to [Service] section<br>
 5. <ESC>, : , write <ENTER> , quit <ENTER> <br> :))
 5. systemctl daemon-reload
 6. systemctl restart httpd.service
 7. Test !

== Test of solution ==
 1. Create php file
 <pre>
<?php
  $file = fopen("testfile.text", "w") or die("ERROR !");
  $text = "Check privileges now !\n";
  fwrite($file, $text);
  fclose($file);
  sleep(1); // Simple DDoS protection
?><br>
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 2. Check if privileges of testfile.text are correct<br>
<pre>-rw-rw-r--  1 apache  apache    23 Mar  8 08:41 testfile.text</pre>