Bash script to correct folder & file permissions for a Drupal site. Usage: sudo bash fix-permissions.sh --drupal_path=your/drupal/path --drupal_user=your_user_name @see http://drupal.org/node/244924 for more information.

fix-permissions.sh

#!/bin/bash

if [ $(id -u) != 0 ]; then
        printf "This script must be run as root.\n"
        exit 1
fi

drupal_path=${1%/}
drupal_user=${2}
httpd_group="${3:-www-data}"

# Help menu
print_help() {
cat <<-HELP

This script is used to fix permissions of a Drupal installation
you need to provide the following arguments:

1) Path to your Drupal installation.
2) Username of the user that you want to give files/directories ownership.
3) HTTPD group name (defaults to www-data for Apache).

Usage: (sudo) bash ${0##*/} --drupal_path=PATH --drupal_user=USER --httpd_group=GROUP

Example: (sudo) bash ${0##*/} --drupal_path=/usr/local/apache2/htdocs --drupal_user=john --httpd_group=www-data

HELP
exit 0
}

# Parse Command Line Arguments
while [ $# -gt 0 ]; do
        case "$1" in
                --drupal_path=*)
      drupal_path="${1#*=}"
      ;;
    --drupal_user=*)
      drupal_user="${1#*=}"
      ;;
    --httpd_group=*)
      httpd_group="${1#*=}"
      ;;
    --help) print_help;;
    *)
      printf "Invalid argument, run --help for valid arguments.\n";
      exit 1
  esac
  shift
done

if [ -z "${drupal_path}" ] || [ ! -d "${drupal_path}/sites" ] || [ ! -f "${drupal_path}/core/modules/system/system.module" ] && [ ! -f "${drupal_path}/modules/system/system.module" ]; then
  printf "Please provide a valid Drupal path.\n"
  print_help
  exit 1
fi

if [ -z "${drupal_user}" ] || [ $(id -un ${drupal_user} 2> /dev/null) != "${drupal_user}" ]; then
  printf "Please provide a valid user.\n"
  print_help
  exit 1
fi


cd $drupal_path
printf "Changing ownership of all contents of \"${drupal_path}\":\n user => \"${drupal_user}\" \t group => \"${httpd_group}\"\n"
chown -R ${drupal_user}:${httpd_group} .

printf "Changing permissions of all directories inside \"${drupal_path}\" to \"rwxr-x---\"...\n"
find . -type d -exec chmod u=rwx,g=rx,o= '{}' \;

printf "Changing permissions of all files inside \"${drupal_path}\" to \"rw-r-----\"...\n"
find . -type f -exec chmod u=rw,g=r,o= '{}' \;

printf "Changing permissions of \"files\" directories in \"${drupal_path}/sites\" to \"rwxrwx---\"...\n"
cd ${drupal_path}/sites
find . -type d -name files -exec chmod ug=rwx,o= '{}' \;
printf "Changing permissions of all files inside all \"files\" directories in \"${drupal_path}/sites\" to \"rw-rw----\"...\n"
printf "Changing permissions of all directories inside all \"files\" directories in \"${drupal_path}/sites\" to \"rwxrwx---\"...\n"

for x in ./*/files; do
  find ${x} -type d -exec chmod ug=rwx,o= '{}' \;
  find ${x} -type f -exec chmod ug=rw,o= '{}' \;
done

echo "Done settings proper permissions on files and directories"