[Wylug-discuss] 777 access on an images directory

[Stephen Patterson]

On 12 Oct 07, Mike Goodman (mike.goodman at zen.co.uk) wrote:
> But isn't that then the case for any directory containing files served up 
> by the web server? Sorry to be thick, but isn't it the permissions which 
> control who can upload files?

The webserver nyonly needs read permissions, so directories not owned by
the webserver would only need 755 perms and files not owned by the
webserver need only 644 perms.

Normally files would be uploaded to the webserver using a specific user
account and that user would both own & have write permissions on the
directory.

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