It:setfacl
sudo su - (as special user, eg rzepa)
setfacl -R -d -m u:user1:rwx,u:user2:rwx /var/www/html/<somefolder> (folder only)
setfacl -R -d -m u:rzepa:rwx /var/www/html/rzepa/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/06
setfacl -R -d -m u:user1:r /var/www/html/<somefolder> (folder only, to remove write and execute privs)
setfacl -R -m u:user1:rwx,u:user2:rwx /var/www/html/<somefolder> (files in folder)
getfacl <somefolder> allows you to see the acl for a file
To loosen up permissions for upgrade use:
sudo chown -R apache:webmaster /var/www/html/rzepa/blog/wp-content
To tighten them up use:
sudo chown -R rzepa:webmaster /var/www/html/rzepa/blog
sudo chown -R apache:webmaster /var/www/html/rzepa/blog/wp-content/uploads
/usr/local/bin/wpsetperms --lock or --unlock