Permission denied error after Git push

maxgt

Hello,

I recently added a GitHub integration to my Automad website, in order to code new pages locally and push them to the server afterwards. Only today I noticed that all the pages created that way couldn't be edited anymore by any user from the dashboard. they all get a "Permission denied" error.

I tried activating the debug mode, but nothing shows in the console.

I guess this is a permission issue on the server side, but I can't figure out how to grant the same write access to the dashboard users.

I am running the latest Automad version on Ubuntu 20.04 (LTS) x64.

If someone encountered a similar issue, any help would be greatly appreciated!

mad

maxgt Hi, first, I think the setup is a really good idea and highlights the main concept of a flat file cms. I guess the issue is that the PHP process runs for a different user than the one who deploys the repository. I would not relax the permissions here. Some hosters offer to run PHP as FastCGI with a different user than the webserver user. The FastCGI user can then be the same one you use for the deployment.

maxgt

Hi mad, thanks a lot for the answer and for pointing me in the right direction.

Github is pushing files and folders as root and the process is being run by www-data. So, using this command on the newly created directories works: chown -R www-data:www-data directory

I'll have a look on how to automate this or change the default ownership configuration with github