Deployer: Setting file owner (chown)?

Created on 16 May 2016 · 7Comments · Source: deployphp/deployer

| Q | A |
| --- | --- |
| Issue Type | Question |
| Deployer Version | N/A |
| Local Machine OS | N/A |
| Remote Machine OS | N/A |

Description

I noticed files are created under the account you use for authentication, but I need the files to have specific user/group, not same as SSH account. What is the best way to do this with Deployer?

Source

khromov

Most helpful comment

If someone else gets stuck a quick workaround for this is to write a custom task, for example:

task('deploy:owner', function () {
  run('chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/site');
});

Something built-in would be nice though, it's a very common feature.

khromov on 16 May 2016

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All 7 comments

If someone else gets stuck a quick workaround for this is to write a custom task, for example:

task('deploy:owner', function () {
  run('chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/site');
});

Something built-in would be nice though, it's a very common feature.

khromov on 16 May 2016

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@khromov
Thank you for your idea. It is good, but it can have use root privilege. We will think about it.

oanhnn on 17 May 2016

What about writable?

antonmedv on 17 May 2016

@elfet I assume that chmods the files to be writable? I'm currently deploying a WordPress project and it doesn't play nice if the files are not owned by the web server process... The workaround task I have works well so you can consider adding native chown-capabilities a feature request!

khromov on 18 May 2016

Solved with v4.

antonmedv on 8 Nov 2016

But, how was it solved? Looking through the docs, have not found it yet.