PHP and file permissions

[Ryuuguu]

in CNC there is a note that for PHP to write to a file I need to set the permissions 777. This implies that a PHP script witch has to write to file totaly unsecure. Is this correct?

I wanted to use a PHP wiki wiki server but both of them write to files, either plain txt of DBM files.

Grant

[Justin]

Files that need to be writable by PHP need to be writable by Apache - 666 will work (no need to make a file executable unless it should be).

For security, make sure any files that are writable by others are outside of your /www/ directory. Note that nobody else can access your directory structure...
a PHP wiki wiki server Huh?[nbsp][nbsp]Out of curiosity, what is that?

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Justin Nelson
FutureQuest Support

[Ryuuguu]

Thanks I'll try 666 outside of www.
from WikiWikiWeb.

WikiWikiWeb is a collaboration tool originally created by the folks at http://c2.com . It allows easy edits and creation of web
pages without knowlege of html.

I have found Wiki usefull for documentation, project management, and discussion. It tends to be a very dynamic and has a high content ratio.
usually every page ends with an edit and search link/button

Grant