[galaxy-dev] Issue with file permissions of uploaded files

[Joern Toedling]

Hi all,

we have our own Galaxy server running under Nginx. Recently we changed 
the 'user' of Nginx in the Nginx configuration file from 'galaxy' to a 
more general 'www' since we plan to use Nginx for other purposes as well.

Now the "Get data -> Upload file" does not work any longer because of 
file permissions. Files are uploaded correctly to a directory
/local/data/galaxy_tmp/upload_store/
but then are owned by the 'www' user and read-writeable by this other 
only. Thus, the Galaxy user 'galaxy' cannot open them, cannot determine 
the file type and the whole "Upload file" process fails.

How can I set the file permissions of uploaded files? Do I need to enter 
a matching 'umask' in some Galaxy configuration or in some Nginx 
configuration file. Any links to where to set such a umask would be 
greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
Joern

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Joern Toedling, PhD
Core Facility Bioinformatics
Institute of Molecular Biology gGmbH (IMB)
http://www.imb-mainz.de
Tel.: +49 6131 39 21511