Austin Matzko's Forum » Tag: chmod - Recent Topics http://austinmatzko.com/forum/tags/chmod Austin Matzko's Forum » Tag: chmod - Recent Topics en-US Tue, 07 Feb 2012 18:38:18 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.1-alpha-2855 <![CDATA[Search]]> q http://austinmatzko.com/forum/search.php lilnigsta on "chmod folder permissions (backup directory)" http://austinmatzko.com/forum/topic/chmod-folder-permissions-backup-directory#post-446 Thu, 31 Jan 2008 03:59:29 +0000 lilnigsta 446@http://austinmatzko.com/forum/

Question. It seems the advice given for the "Backup" directory is to change the permissions to 777. I've managed to get it working using 773 (removing public read access).

I have two questions...

1) Is there any way we can make whatever user WP Database uses part of a group so that public has no access whatsoever to that directory?

2) Isn't 777 a huge security vulnerability?

mtbjunkie on "Problem with chmod?" http://austinmatzko.com/forum/topic/problem-with-chmod#post-297 Tue, 25 Sep 2007 16:13:56 +0000 mtbjunkie 297@http://austinmatzko.com/forum/

I just tried to backup my database but your plugin won't work unfortunately. Everytime there is a popup with the text: "The backup file couldn't be saved. Please check the permissions for writing to your backup directory and try again. Couldn't open the backup file for writing!"
I've changed the permissions for /wp-content/backup-7061b to 777, but it still not work. Could I do something else?