Working with permissions httpd server with XAMP , Why can't open logs?

Question

I have a couple questions about the permission for Apache httpd server when working on MAC , need your help please ! I am using XAMP and when i need to start the server i got log error : httpd: could not open error log file

/Applications/XAMPP/htdocs/sites/beinstyle/logs/error-logs.
AH00015: Unable to open logs 

Now when i changing the permissions like this : sudo chmod o+w logs I got this output :

drwxr-xrwx 5 someone admin 170 Nov 27 11:03 logs and after starting the apache server it can't start .

or

sudo chmod g+w logs i got this output:

drwxrwxrwx   5 someone  admin  170 Nov 27 11:03 logs

Can anybody explain me what permissions do i need to specify for mine apache main httpd.conf User daemon Group daemon in order to allow apache write to the logs folder ? I am new to the topic so please be patience !!

Answer 1

Unix permissions are not just the target file, but also the path.

To reach and read a specific file you must have at least search permissions in the directory path until you reach where the file is.

Use a command like: namei -mol "/Applications/XAMPP/htdocs/sites/beinstyle/logs/error-logs"

If they are correct, it can be that: 1º Directory does not exist. 2º SELinux or similar getting in the way.