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Expand Up @@ -229,10 +229,9 @@ If there are any issues, correct them now before moving on.
its user to be the same as your CLI user (e.g. for Apache, update the ``User``
and ``Group`` values).

**2. Using ACL on a system that supports chmod +a**
**2. Using ACL on a system that supports chmod +a (MacOS X)**

Many systems allow you to use the ``chmod +a`` command. Try this first,
and if you get an error - try the next method. This uses a command to
MacOS X allows you to use the ``chmod +a`` command. This uses a command to
try to determine your web server user and set it as ``HTTPDUSER``:

.. code-block:: bash
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$ sudo chmod +a "$HTTPDUSER allow delete,write,append,file_inherit,directory_inherit" app/cache app/logs
$ sudo chmod +a "`whoami` allow delete,write,append,file_inherit,directory_inherit" app/cache app/logs

**3. Using ACL on a system that supports setfacl (most Linux/BSD)**

**3. Using ACL on a system that does not support chmod +a**

Some systems don't support ``chmod +a``, but do support another utility
Most Linux and BSD distributions don't support ``chmod +a``, but do support another utility
called ``setfacl``. You may need to `enable ACL support`_ on your partition
and install setfacl before using it (as is the case with Ubuntu). This
and install setfacl before using it (as is the case with old versions of Ubuntu). This
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Which versions of Ubuntu are affected by this?

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I just know I didn't have to do it using 14.04 (released in April 2014) and 16.04 (current) so the message is out of date for current versions.

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I think we should then simply remove this note. People using even older versions will very likely have other issues too.

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Ok, I didn't want to be too radical so I first kept it, but you're right.
Done.

uses a command to try to determine your web server user and set it as
``HTTPDUSER``:

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If this doesn't work, try adding ``-n`` option.

Note: setfacl isn't available on NFS mount points. However, setting cache and logs over NFS is strongly not recommanded for performance.
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this should use a proper note with the .. note directive

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Ok added


**4. Without using ACL**

If none of the previous methods work for you, change the umask so that the
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