Using Incrond Inotify but having issues with user groups/permissions

Question

In the /etc/incron.allow I added both:

root
USER_1

Then I edited the incrontab so it looks like this:

/var/www/laravel/public/js/main.js IN_MODIFY yui-compressor -o /var/www/laravel/public/js/main.min.js /var/www/laravel/public/js/main.js

I think the issue may have something to do with permissions or perhaps groups but I'm not sure as I'm not getting anything when I check with tail -f /var/log/syslog

The /var/www/laravel/public folder is owned by USER_1 in group www-data. Incrond Inotify is done by the root user. When the main.js file is updated shouldn't Incrond Inotify run regardless of the current user since it's been set by root? Why isn't it working and how can I make it work with either root or USER_1?

Answer 1

问题是由于权限造成的。它需要对文件执行所有父目录和子目录的读取和执行访问。似乎yui-compressor（Java）必须遍历目录才能到达文件。如果它无法访问目录，则会失败。