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Files copied to folder in var/www disappears on restart

rated 0 times [ 2] [ 0] / answers: 1 / hits: 2046 / 3 Years ago, sat, august 14, 2021, 4:25:06

I have a LAMP server setup. I have the source folder in my desktop which I can edit without 'sudo'ing. Then, I sync the files to var/www using sudo rsync. I gave the folders in var/www necessary permissions (770 for the mentioned folder, since www-data is added to root group, and apache has to write to this directory, that is upload directory). It works well. But, when I restart the computer, files in the upload folder in var/www disappears. I cannot understand what is happening.

  drwxrwxr-x 2 root www-data 4096 Dec 15 08:26 uploaded_files

my folder permissions look like this.

EDIT: The files disappear some time after the upload.

I'm just confused like hell.

Any help will be appreciated. I'm a newbie in linux file, folder permission btw.

Thanks.

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answered 3 Years ago tionverflow · Accepted Answer

I had my source files in my Desktop, and I was syncing with var/www manually so that I don't have to sudo files individually. I was achieving this by syncing the entire desktop folder whenever I felt syncing is necessary. I used the '--delete' bit in my rsync command, so that any extra files in the destination which might have been deleted in my Desktop source, will be removed.

Here is the catch: I have a /upload/dir in my desktop, but nothing really gets uploaded, since it is done in document root, which is /var/www/. So, whenever I sync files, my Desktop /upload/dir (which is empty and will always be) replaces the /upload/dir in the document root. Hence the content disappeared.

Moral (for me & new linux users): Never blindly copy commands in terminal, without getting a basic understanding.