kryp7ik / laraperms

A simple bash script to apply file/folder permissions to a Laravel 5.x website

Laraperms

A simple bash script to apply file/folder permissions to a Laravel 5.x website

How to use:

Option A: You can run this as a simple bash script such as:

$ bash laraperms.sh /var/www/mysite.com

Option B: Copy script to /usr/bin for global usage

$ sudo mv laraperms.sh /usr/bin/laraperms
$ sudo chmod +x /usr/bin/laraperms
$ laraperms /var/www/mysite.com

• You can either specify the path to the root folder of the project as an argument such as....
• $ laraperms /var/www/mysite.com/
• Or if no argument is specified you have the option to use the current working directory
• This script will do the following.....

-Chown the directory as the following USER:www-data

-Apply 644 to files

-Apply 755 to directories

-Apply write and execute permissions to /path/to/site/storage & /path/to/site/bootstrap/cache

• NOTE: Script does not use "sudo". You should make sure your user owns the directory you are trying to run this program on.
• If your getting a permission error use "sudo chown -R YOURUSER:www-data /path/to/site" before using this script.