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Fixed typos, added section on finding who the HTTP user is

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Carla Schroder
2014-09-10 18:26:01 -07:00
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@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ instance by default, which you can easily confirm by looking on your Apps page.
The Updater app performs these operations:
* Creates a ``backup`` directory under your ownCloud data directory
* Download and xtracts updated package content into the
* Download and extracts updated package content into the
``backup/packageVersion`` directory
* Makes a copy of your current ownCloud instance, except for your data
directory, to ``backup/currentVersion-randomstring``
@@ -44,8 +44,21 @@ steps:
2. Even though the Update app backs up important directories, you should
always have your own current backups (See :doc:`backup` for details.)
3. Verify that the PHP user on your system can write to your whole ownCloud
directory; usually this is the ``www-data`` or ``apache`` user
3. Verify that the HTTP user on your system can write to your whole ownCloud
directory; on a stock Linux installation this is the ``www-data`` or
``apache`` user on systems that are running the Apache HTTP server. You can
find your HTTP user in your HTTP server configuration files. Or you can
create a PHP page to find it for you. To do this, create a plain text file
with this single line in it:
::
<?php echo exec('whoami'); ?>
Name it ``whoami.php`` and place it in your ``/srv/var/www/html directory``,
and then open it in a Web browser, for example
``http://servername/whoami.php``. You should see a single line in your
browser page with the HTTP user name.
4. Navigate to your 'Admin' page and click the 'Update Center' button under
Updater:
@@ -56,7 +69,7 @@ steps:
.. figure:: ../images/updater-3.png
6. Click Update, and carefully read the messages. If there are any problems it
will tell you, otherwise you'll see a message about checking your
will tell you, otherwise you will see a message about checking your
installation, making a backup, and moving files:
.. figure:: ../images/updater-4.png
@@ -66,12 +79,12 @@ steps:
.. figure:: ../images/updater-5.png
7. The Update app wants you to very sure you want to update, and so you must
7. The Update app wants you to be very sure you want to update, and so you must
click one more button, the Start Update button:
.. figure:: ../images/updater-6.png
8. It works for a few minutes, and when it's finished displays a success
8. It works for a few minutes, and when it is finished displays a success
message, which disappears after a short time.
.. figure:: ../images/updater-7.png