fix-drupal-permissions.sh

#!/bin/bash

path=${1%/}
user=${2}
group="www-data"
help="nHelp: This script is used to fix permissions of a drupal installationnyou need to provide the following arguments:nt 1) Path to your drupal installationnt 2) Username of the user that you want to give files/directories ownershipnNote: "www-data" (apache default) is assumed as the group the server is belonging to, if this is different you need to modify it manually by editing this scriptnnUsage: (sudo) bash ${0##*/} drupal_path user_namen"

if [ -z "${path}" ] || [ ! -d "${path}/sites" ] || [ ! -f "${path}/modules/system/system.module" ]; then
	echo "Please provide a valid drupal path"
	echo -e $help
	exit
fi

if [ -z "${user}" ] || [ "`id -un ${user} 2> /dev/null`" != "${user}" ]; then
	echo "Please provide a valid user"
	echo -e $help
	exit
fi

cd $path;

echo -e "Changing ownership of all contents of "${path}" :n user => "${user}" t group => "${group}"n"
chown -R ${user}:${group} .
echo "Changing permissions of all directories inside "${path}" to "750"..."
find . -type d -exec chmod u=rwx,g=rx,o= {} ;
echo -e "Changing permissions of all files inside "${path}" to "640"...n"
find . -type f -exec chmod u=rw,g=r,o= {} ;

cd $path/sites;

echo "Changing permissions of "files" directories in "${path}/sites" to "770"..."
find . -type d -name files -exec chmod ug=rwx,o= '{}' ;
echo "Changing permissions of all files inside all "files" directories in "${path}/sites" to "660"..."
find . -name files -type d -exec find '{}' -type f ; | while read FILE; do chmod ug=rw,o= "$FILE"; done
echo "Changing permissions of all directories inside all "files" directories in "${path}/sites" to "770"..."
find . -name files -type d -exec find '{}' -type d ; | while read DIR; do chmod ug=rwx,o= "$DIR"; done