How to install and configure phpBB on Ubuntu 22.04

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Overview

phpBB is a free PHP-based bulletin board forum software. This documentation will describe the steps to manually install the software onto a dedicated web server and tie it into a separate dedicated database server which is typical of a production environment rather than having an entire LAMP stack on the same machine which is assumed if you try to use the "apt install phpbb3" command.

Software Used in this Article

• Ubuntu Server 22.04 LTS
• Apache Web Server 2.4.52
• MariaDB 10.6.7
• PHP 8.1.2
• phpBB 3.3.8
• PuTTY 0.77

This article will assume you have an Ubuntu Server setup similar to this tutorial.

It will also be assumed you have a separate dedicated MariaDB / MySQL database server.

Wherever you see RED in this document, you need to substitute it for what your company uses. Use the list below as a template you need to have answered before you continue.

• Website FQDN (Fully-Qualified Domain Name): forum.mydomain.com
• Ubuntu Server name: srv-php
• Ubuntu Server IP address: 192.168.107.55
• Ubuntu Admin ID: administrator
• Ubuntu Admin Password: myadminpass
• Database Server (remote): srv-database (192.168.107.20)
• Database phpbb user: phpbbuser
• Database phpbb Password: phpbbuserpassword
• Mail server name: srv-mail
• Mail server IP address: 192.168.107.25
• Mail server port: 25
• phpBB Admin ID: phpbbadmin
• phpBB Admin password: phpbbadminpassword
• phpBB Admin email: phpbbadmin@mydomain.com

I also assume the reader knows how to use the VI editor. If not, you will need to beef up your skill set or use a different editor in place of it.

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Create Ubuntu Web Server

Click here for detailed instructions on setting up a production-quality Ubuntu Server.

Once you have the base operating system installed, proceed to follow these instructions to install Apache web server. When it talks about setting up your web root, be sure to substitute your value such as "forum.mydomain.com" and "/var/www/forum.mydomain.com"

Dedicated MariaDB Server

This document assumes the database will be located on a separate server for housing databases only.

Click here for detailed instructions on how to setup MariaDB on a dedicated server.

Server Name Resolution

You might need to edit your local host file so you can use friendly names for servers if you don't add them to your internal DNS servers or you do not have your domain on external DNS servers resolving the new IP during development.

Edit the local host file and add your servers to the end of the file as needed.

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sudo vi /etc/hosts

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192.168.107.20      srv-database
192.168.107.25      srv-mail
192.168.107.55      forum.mydomain.com

If this is a public-facing site accessible from the Internet, you will need to edit your public DNS servers and make sure your DNS records are directing the domain name to your firewall's IP address. You will then need to add a rule to your firewall to redirect traffic on port 80 and/or 443 to your web server's internal IP address (192.168.107.55 in this example)

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Configure MariaDB / MySQL

In this scenario, a dedicated and general-purpose database server already exists and it will be used to hold the application's database.

1. Connect to the MariaDB/MySQL server using PuTTY.
2. At the login prompt, login with your administrator account (administrator / myadminpass)
3. Type the following commands:
   sudo mysql -u root -p Enter password: rootpass
   CREATE DATABASE phpbb CHARACTER SET utf8 COLLATE utf8_bin; CREATE USER 'phpbbuser'@'%' IDENTIFIED BY 'phpbbuserpass'; GRANT ALL ON phpbb.* TO 'phpbbuser'@'%'; FLUSH PRIVILEGES; exit
   The above commands will allow the database account to connect from any machine from anywhere in the world. This might be OK if your database is not accessible outsite your local network or if your machine name changes or you have multiple servers that connect to the same database that use the same ID. You can make this more secure by specifying your application server when granting access. Make sure the database server will recognize the server name (via hosts file or DNS) or just use the IP address:
   
   CREATE USER 'phpbbuser'@'srv-php' IDENTIFIED BY 'phpbbuserpass'; GRANT ALL ON phpbb.* TO 'phpbbuser'@'srv-php';
   or
   CREATE USER 'phpbbuser'@'192.168.107.55' IDENTIFIED BY 'phpbbuserpass'; GRANT ALL ON phpbb.* TO 'phpbbuser'@'192.168.107.55';
   This will prevent anyone knowing the credentials from logging into the database from any other remote machine not specified in the grant command.
   
   If your application is running on the database server (typical on a developer machine / non-production scenario), create the user like this:
   CREATE USER 'phpbbuser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'phpbbuserpass'; GRANT ALL ON phpbb.* TO 'phpbbuser'@'localhost';
   This will prevent anyone knowing the credentials from logging into the database from any other remote machine.
   
   If you mess anything up, you can remove the database and user by issuing these commands:
   DROP USER phpbbuser; FLUSH PRIVILEGES; DROP DATABASE phpbb;

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Install Required phpBB Libraries

1. Type the following to install the required libraries:

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   sudo apt -y install php-json
   

Install Optional phpBB Libraries

1. Type the following to install the optional libraries:

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   sudo apt -y install php-gd php-xml php-imagick
   

PHP Module Verification

Make sure the modules you need are loaded in the web server. Here is how you can double-check but make sure to restart the web service before checking so any recent changes are in effect.

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sudo systemctl restart apache2

1. Check the phpBB requirements documentation
2. On the root of your web server, create a temporary file to help you examine what is enabled:

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   echo "<?php phpinfo(); ?>" > /var/www/forum.mydomain.com/phpinfo.php
   chown www-data:www-data /var/www/forum.mydomain.com/phpinfo.php

3. Now open a browser and look at that page: http://192.168.107.55/phpinfo.php
4. Check each of the required modules and verify you see it on the phpinfo page as being enabled.
5. Once done checking, remove the temporary info file since leaving it there would present a security risk due to exposing sensitive information about your server to the entire world:

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   rm /var/www/forum.mydomain.com/phpinfo.php

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Add Non-SSL Apache Site Configuration

Refer to this tutorial but substitute the example domain name and path for yours.

Add SSL Apache Site Configuration

Please refer to this tutorial but substitute the example domain name and path for yours.

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Install phpBB

1. At the login prompt, login with your administrator account (administrator / myadminpass)
2. Type the following commands:

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   sudo mkdir /var/www/forum.mydomain.com
   cd /tmp
   wget https://download.phpbb.com/pub/release/3.3/3.3.0/phpBB-3.3.0.zip -O /tmp/phpbb.zip
   unzip /tmp/phpbb.zip
   sudo mv /tmp/phpBB*/* /var/www/forum.mydomain.com/.
   sudo chown www-data:www-data /var/www/forum.mydomain.com -R
   sudo chmod 660 /var/www/forum.mydomain.com/config.php
   sudo chmod 770 /var/www/forum.mydomain.com/cache
   sudo chmod 770 /var/www/forum.mydomain.com/files
   sudo chmod 770 /var/www/forum.mydomain.com/store
   sudo chmod 770 /var/www/forum.mydomain.com/images/avatars/upload
   

3. Open a browser and go to http://forum.mydomain.com/install/app.php
4. Click on the Install tab, then click the Install button.
5. Administrator configuration - Set the following and click the Submit button:
   • Administrator username: phpbbadmin
   • Contact email address: phpbbadmin@mydomain.com
   • Administrator password: phpbbadminpassword
   • Confirm administrator password: phpbbadminpassword
6. Database configuration - Set the following and click the Submit button:
   • Database type: MySQL with MySQLi Extention
   • Database server hostname or DSN: srv-database
   • Database server port:
   • Database username: phpbbuser
   • Database password: phpbbuserpassword
   • Database name: phpbb
   • Prefix for tables in database: phpbb_
7. Server configuration - Set the following and click the Submit button:
   • Cookie secure: No
   • Force server URL settings: No
   • Server protocol: http://
   • Domain name: forum.mydomain.com
   • Server port: 80
   • Script path: /
8. Email configuration - Set the following and click the Submit button:
   • Enable board-wide emails: Enable
   • Use SMTP server for email: Yes
   • SMTP server address: srv-mail
   • SMTP server port: 25
   • Authentication method for SMTP: PLAIN
   • SMTP username:
   • SMTP password:
9. Bulletin board configuration - Set the following and click the Submit button:
   • Default language: British English
   • Title of the board: mydomain.com
   • Short description of the board: A short text to describe your forum
10. Once install is complete, type the following commands at the server console:

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    sudo chown root:www-data /var/www/forum.mydomain.com/config.php
    sudo chmod 640 /var/www/forum.mydomain.com/config.php
    sudo rm -rf /var/www/forum.mydomain.com/install
    

11. Now you can visit http://192.168.107.55/ and see the newly created forum.

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Upgrading phpBB

The download page for phpbb does a pretty-good job of telling you how to upgrade phpBB. It can get a bit confusing if you are upgrading very old versions of phpBB so here is what I did to upgrade 3.0.8 to 3.2.0 which required (for me) upgrading to specific versions in between.

Pre-Upgrade Notes

• Make sure you have a good backup of your database and your website files before you begin.
• Make sure default style is set to prosilver and deactivate all other styles.
• If the custom styles are not compatible and have no upgrades available, remove them.
• Make sure to migrate/upgrade the old styles to the new forum.
• If the used mods/extensions are not compatible and have no upgrades available, remove them.
• If going from an ancient OS with PHP 5 or lower, you can copy the forum to a new OS with PHP 7 but the forum may not work as is. You can just go through the upgrade steps and once on the latest version, you should have PHP 7-compatible forum that will work.
• If your database was made several database versions ago, you might need to run mysql_upgrade to bring your database(s) up to current standards.

phpBB 3.0.8 to 3.0.14

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cd /tmp
wget https://download.phpbb.com/pub/release/3.0/3.0.14/phpBB-3.0.14.zip
mkdir /tmp/t
unzip /tmp/phpBB-3.0.14.zip -d /tmp/t
sudo mv /tmp/t/phpBB3 /var/www/forum-new.mydomain.com
sudo rm -rf /var/www/forum-new.mydomain.com/config.php
sudo rm -rf /var/www/forum-new.mydomain.com/images
sudo rm -rf /var/www/forum-new.mydomain.com/files
sudo rm -rf /var/www/forum-new.mydomain.com/store
sudo mv /var/www/forum.mydomain.com/config.php /var/www/forum-new.mydomain.com/.
sudo mv /var/www/forum.mydomain.com/images /var/www/forum-new.mydomain.com/.
sudo mv /var/www/forum.mydomain.com/files /var/www/forum-new.mydomain.com/.
sudo mv /var/www/forum.mydomain.com/store /var/www/forum-new.mydomain.com/.
sudo mv /var/www/forum.mydomain.com /var/www/forum-old.mydomain.com
sudo mv /var/www/forum-new.mydomain.com /var/www/forum.mydomain.com
sudo cd /var/www/forum.mydomain.com
sudo php ./bin/phpbbcli.php db:migrate --safe-mode
sudo rm -rf /var/www/forum.mydomain.com/install
sudo chown www-data:www-data /var/www/forum.mydomain.com/* -R

phpBB 3.0.14 to 3.1.10

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cd /tmp
wget https://download.phpbb.com/pub/release/3.1/3.1.10/phpBB-3.1.10.zip
mkdir /tmp/t
unzip /tmp/phpBB-3.1.10.zip -d /tmp/t
sudo mv /tmp/t/phpBB3 /var/www/forum-new.mydomain.com
sudo rm -rf /var/www/forum-new.mydomain.com/config.php
sudo rm -rf /var/www/forum-new.mydomain.com/images
sudo rm -rf /var/www/forum-new.mydomain.com/files
sudo rm -rf /var/www/forum-new.mydomain.com/store
sudo mv /var/www/forum.mydomain.com/config.php /var/www/forum-new.mydomain.com/.
sudo mv /var/www/forum.mydomain.com/images /var/www/forum-new.mydomain.com/.
sudo mv /var/www/forum.mydomain.com/files /var/www/forum-new.mydomain.com/.
sudo mv /var/www/forum.mydomain.com/store /var/www/forum-new.mydomain.com/.
sudo mv /var/www/forum.mydomain.com /var/www/forum-old.mydomain.com
sudo mv /var/www/forum-new.mydomain.com /var/www/forum.mydomain.com
sudo cd /var/www/forum.mydomain.com
sudo php ./bin/phpbbcli.php db:migrate --safe-mode
sudo rm -rf /var/www/forum.mydomain.com/install
sudo chown www-data:www-data /var/www/forum.mydomain.com/* -R

phpBB 3.1.10 to 3.2.0

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cd /tmp
wget https://download.phpbb.com/pub/release/3.2/3.2.0/phpBB-3.2.0.zip
mkdir /tmp/t
unzip /tmp/phpBB-3.2.0.zip -d /tmp/t
sudo mv /tmp/t/phpBB3 /var/www/forum-new.mydomain.com
sudo rm -rf /var/www/forum-new.mydomain.com/config.php
sudo rm -rf /var/www/forum-new.mydomain.com/images
sudo rm -rf /var/www/forum-new.mydomain.com/files
sudo rm -rf /var/www/forum-new.mydomain.com/store
sudo mv /var/www/forum.mydomain.com/config.php /var/www/forum-new.mydomain.com/.
sudo mv /var/www/forum.mydomain.com/images /var/www/forum-new.mydomain.com/.
sudo mv /var/www/forum.mydomain.com/files /var/www/forum-new.mydomain.com/.
sudo mv /var/www/forum.mydomain.com/store /var/www/forum-new.mydomain.com/.
sudo mv /var/www/forum.mydomain.com /var/www/forum-old.mydomain.com
sudo mv /var/www/forum-new.mydomain.com /var/www/forum.mydomain.com
sudo cd /var/www/forum.mydomain.com
sudo php ./bin/phpbbcli.php db:migrate --safe-mode
sudo rm -rf /var/www/forum.mydomain.com/install
sudo chown www-data:www-data /var/www/forum.mydomain.com/* -R

phpBB 3.2.0 to 3.3.0

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cd /tmp
wget https://download.phpbb.com/pub/release/3.3/3.3.0/phpBB-3.3.0.zip
mkdir /tmp/t
unzip /tmp/phpBB-3.3.0.zip -d /tmp/t
sudo mv /tmp/t/phpBB3 /var/www/forum-new.mydomain.com
sudo rm -rf /var/www/forum-new.mydomain.com/config.php
sudo rm -rf /var/www/forum-new.mydomain.com/images
sudo rm -rf /var/www/forum-new.mydomain.com/files
sudo rm -rf /var/www/forum-new.mydomain.com/store
sudo mv /var/www/forum.mydomain.com/config.php /var/www/forum-new.mydomain.com/.
sudo mv /var/www/forum.mydomain.com/images /var/www/forum-new.mydomain.com/.
sudo mv /var/www/forum.mydomain.com/files /var/www/forum-new.mydomain.com/.
sudo mv /var/www/forum.mydomain.com/store /var/www/forum-new.mydomain.com/.
sudo mv /var/www/forum.mydomain.com /var/www/forum-old.mydomain.com
sudo mv /var/www/forum-new.mydomain.com /var/www/forum.mydomain.com
sudo cd /var/www/forum.mydomain.com
sudo php ./bin/phpbbcli.php db:migrate --safe-mode
sudo rm -rf /var/www/forum.mydomain.com/install
sudo chown www-data:www-data /var/www/forum.mydomain.com/* -R

phpBB 3.3.0 to 3.3.4

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cd /tmp
wget https://download.phpbb.com/pub/release/3.3/3.3.4/phpBB-3.3.4.zip
mkdir /tmp/t
unzip /tmp/phpBB-3.3.4.zip -d /tmp/t
sudo mv /tmp/t/phpBB3 /var/www/forum-new.mydomain.com
sudo rm -rf /var/www/forum-new.mydomain.com/config.php
sudo rm -rf /var/www/forum-new.mydomain.com/images
sudo rm -rf /var/www/forum-new.mydomain.com/files
sudo rm -rf /var/www/forum-new.mydomain.com/store
sudo mv /var/www/forum.mydomain.com/config.php /var/www/forum-new.mydomain.com/.
sudo mv /var/www/forum.mydomain.com/images /var/www/forum-new.mydomain.com/.
sudo mv /var/www/forum.mydomain.com/files /var/www/forum-new.mydomain.com/.
sudo mv /var/www/forum.mydomain.com/store /var/www/forum-new.mydomain.com/.
sudo mv /var/www/forum.mydomain.com /var/www/forum-old.mydomain.com
sudo mv /var/www/forum-new.mydomain.com /var/www/forum.mydomain.com
sudo cd /var/www/forum.mydomain.com
sudo php ./bin/phpbbcli.php db:migrate --safe-mode
sudo rm -rf /var/www/forum.mydomain.com/install
sudo chown www-data:www-data /var/www/forum.mydomain.com/* -R

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Installing New Styles

1. Visit this sites: https://www.phpbb.com/customise/db/styles-2
2. Browse for the style(s) you want. Right-click the download link and copy the URL.
3. In Putty, download, unzip and remove the archive. Then set the owner/permissions and move to its final destination. Example:

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   cd /tmp
   wget https://www.phpbb.com/customise/db/download/174991 -O pro_ubuntu_lucid_300.zip
   unzip /tmp/pro_ubuntu_lucid_300.zip
   rm /tmp/pro_ubuntu_lucid_300.zip
   find /tmp/pro_ubuntu_lucid -type d -exec chmod 0755 {} \;
   find /tmp/pro_ubuntu_lucid -type f -exec chmod 0644 {} \;
   sudo chown --recursive www-data:www-data /tmp/pro_ubuntu_lucid
   sudo mv /tmp/pro_ubuntu_lucid /var/www/forum.mydomain.com/styles/
   

4. Login to Admin Control Panel.
5. Click the "Customize" tab.
6. Under Style Management, click Install Styles.
7. Click the "Install style" link in the Actions column for the style you wish to install.
8. Under Style Management, click Styles.
9. Click the "Details" link in the Actions column for the style you just installed.
10. Click "Yes" for "Make default style" and click the Submit button.
11. Click the "General" tab, then "Board settings"
12. Set Default style, Guest style and override user style as desired and click Submit button.
13. Click the "Board index" link at the top-right corner of the site and you should see your forum with the style applied.

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Reset Admin Password

If you do not know your admin password, you can set the password via the database.

1. Login via SSH to your database server and access the mysql console

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   mysql

2. Look at the databases you have and select the correct one:

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   MariaDB [(none)]> show databases;
   +--------------------+
   | Database           |
   +--------------------+
   | information_schema |
   | mysql              |
   | performance_schema |
   | phpbb              |
   +--------------------+
   4 rows in set (0.000 sec)
   MariaDB [(none)]> USE phpbb;
   Reading table information for completion of table and column names
   You can turn off this feature to get a quicker startup with -A
   
   Database changed
   MariaDB [phpbb]>
   

3. Look at the list admin-level users:

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   MariaDB [phpbb]> SELECT user_id, username FROM phpbb_users WHERE user_type = 3;
   +---------+---------------+
   | user_id | username      |
   +---------+---------------+
   |       2 | administrator |
   +---------+---------------+
   1 row in set (0.000 sec)
   

4. Update the admin's password by specifying the unique user_id. The MD5 function is used to hash the password:

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   MariaDB [phpbb]> UPDATE phpbb_users SET user_password=MD5("NewPasswordHere") WHERE user_id = 2;
   

5. Exit mysql console and close the SSH session.

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Fix Web Permissions

I use a script to automatically set the web permissions on a regular basis to ensure compliance to standards for each site. The script will set standard ownership, directory and file permissions and then fine-tune the changes needed beyond that. For phpBB, I made a function that is called for each phpBB site that I run.

Create the script:

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sudo touch /var/scripts/prod/fix-webperms.sh
sudo chown root:root /var/scripts/prod/fix-webperms.sh
sudo chmod 700 /var/scripts/prod/fix-webperms.sh
sudo vi /var/scripts/prod/fix-webperms.sh

fix-webperms.sh

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#!/bin/bash
#############################################
## Name          : fix-webperms.sh
## Version       : 1.0
## Date          : 2020-05-19
## Author        : LHammonds
## Purpose       : Reset various web-related permissions
## Compatibility : Ubuntu Server 20.04 LTS
## Requirements  : Must be run as root user.
## Parameters    : None
## Run Frequency : As often as needed, once a day is fine.
## Exit Codes    : (if multiple errors, value is the addition of codes)
##   0 = success
##   1 = failure
################ CHANGE LOG #################
## DATE       WHO WHAT WAS CHANGED
## ---------- --- ----------------------------
## 2020-05-19 LTH Created script.
#############################################

## Import standard variables and functions. ##
source /var/scripts/common/standard.conf

## Requirement Check: Script must run as root user.
if [ "$(id -u)" != "0" ]; then
  ## FATAL ERROR DETECTED: Document problem and terminate script.
  echo -e "\nERROR: Root user required to run this script.\n"
  echo -e "Type 'sudo su' to temporarily become root user.\n"
  exit 1
fi

LogFile="${LogDir}/${Company}-fix-webperms.log"
LockFile="${TempDir}/${Company}-fix-webperms.lock"
WebUser="www-data"
WebGroup="www-data"
DefDirPerm="0755"
DefFilePerm="0644"
WebRoot="/var/www"
ErrorFlag=0
ReturnValue=0

#######################################
##            FUNCTIONS              ##
#######################################

function f_cleanup()
{
  if [ -f ${LockFile} ];then
    ## Remove lock file so other jobs can run.
    rm ${LockFile} 1>/dev/null 2>&1
  fi
  echo "`date +%Y-%m-%d_%H:%M:%S` [INFO] ${ScriptName} exit code: ${ErrorFlag}" | tee -a ${LogFile}
}

function f_phpbb()
{
  ## Standard recommendation for phpBB sites.
  ## Parameter 1 = Root of phpbb site.
  echo "`date +%Y-%m-%d_%H:%M:%S` [INFO] phpBB settings for ${1}" | tee -a ${LogFile}
  chmod 0644 ${1}/config.php
  chmod 0777 ${1}/cache
  chmod 0777 ${1}/files
  chmod 0777 ${1}/store
  chmod 0777 ${1}/images/avatars/upload
}

#######################################
##           MAIN PROGRAM            ##
#######################################
if [ -f ${LockFile} ]; then
  ## Lock file detected.  Abort script.
  exit 1
else
  echo "`date +%Y-%m-%d_%H:%M:%S` ${ScriptName}" > ${LockFile}
fi

echo "`date +%Y-%m-%d_%H:%M:%S` [INFO] fix-webperms started." | tee -a ${LogFile}

echo "`date +%Y-%m-%d_%H:%M:%S` [INFO] Default: ${WebUser}:${WebGroup}, d:${DefDirPerm}, f:${DefFilePerm}" | tee -a ${LogFile}
## Reset all file/folder ownership
chown -R ${WebUser}:${WebGroup} ${WebRoot}
## Reset all directory permissions to standard default.
find ${WebRoot} -type d -exec chmod ${DefDirPerm} {} \;
## Reset all filer permissions to standard default.
find ${WebRoot} -type f -exec chmod ${DefFilePerm} {} \;

##Site-specific permissions
f_phpbb ${WebRoot}/forum1.mydomain.com
f_phpbb ${WebRoot}/forum2.mydomain.com
f_phpbb ${WebRoot}/forum2.mydomain.com

echo "`date +%Y-%m-%d_%H:%M:%S` [INFO] fix-webperms completed." | tee -a ${LogFile}
## Exit with the combined return code value.
exit ${ErrorFlag}

Example log output: /var/log/abc-fix-webperms.log

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2020-05-21_07:00:00 [INFO] fix-webperms started.
2020-05-21_07:00:00 [INFO] Default: www-data:www-data, d:0755, f:0644
2020-05-21_07:00:15 [INFO] phpBB settings for /var/www/forum1.mydomain.com
2020-05-21_07:00:15 [INFO] phpBB settings for /var/www/forum2.mydomain.com
2020-05-21_07:00:15 [INFO] phpBB settings for /var/www/forum3.mydomain.com
2020-05-21_07:00:15 [INFO] fix-webperms completed.
2020-05-21_07:00:15 [INFO] /var/scripts/prod/fix-webperms.sh exit code: 0
2020-05-22_07:00:00 [INFO] fix-webperms started.
2020-05-22_07:00:00 [INFO] Default: www-data:www-data, d:0755, f:0644
2020-05-22_07:00:15 [INFO] phpBB settings for /var/www/forum1.mydomain.com
2020-05-22_07:00:15 [INFO] phpBB settings for /var/www/forum2.mydomain.com
2020-05-22_07:00:15 [INFO] phpBB settings for /var/www/forum3.mydomain.com
2020-05-22_07:00:15 [INFO] fix-webperms completed.
2020-05-22_07:00:15 [INFO] /var/scripts/prod/fix-webperms.sh exit code: 0

Example root crontab schedule for running every day at 7am:

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########################################
# Name: Crontab Schedule for root user
# Author: LHammonds
############# Update Log ###############
# 2020-05-19 - LTH - Created schedule
########################################

SHELL=/bin/sh
PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin

# Crontab SYNTAX:
#       __________ Minute (0-59)
#      / _________ Hour (0-23)
#     / /  _______ Day Of Month (1-31)
#    / /  /   ____ MONth (1-12)
#   / /  /   /   _ Day Of Week (0-7) (Sun = 0 or 7)
#  / /  /   /   /  -------------------------------------------------------------
# m h dom mon dow  command <arguments> > /dev/null 2>&1

0 7 * * * /var/scripts/prod/fix-webperms.sh > /dev/null 2>&1