Let’s say we have a document root like:<\/p>\n
It’s interesting to note the instructions for this will vary from environment to environment, it depends on which user is looking after apache2, etc.<\/p>\n
\r\n\/var\/www\/mysite.com\/htdocs\r\n<\/pre>\nMake all files read\/write and owned by www-data apache2 user only <\/strong><\/p>\n
\r\nroot@meine:\/var\/www\/mysite.com\/htdocs# find . -type f -exec chown apache2:apache2 {} \\; \r\nroot@meine:\/var\/www\/mysite.com\/htdocs# find . -type f -exec chmod 644 {} \\;\r\n<\/pre>\nMake all folders accessible Read + Execute, but no write permissions <\/strong><\/p>\n
\r\nroot@meine:\/var\/www\/mysite.com\/htdocs# find . -type d -exec chmod 755 {} \\;\r\nroot@meine:\/var\/www\/mysite.com\/htdocs# find . -type d -exec chown apache2:apache2 {} \\;\r\n<\/pre>\nPLEASE NOTE THIS BREAKS YOUR WORDPRESS ABILITY TO AUTO-UPDATE ITSELF. BUT IT IS MORE SECURE \ud83d\ude00<\/p>\n
Note debian users, may need to use www-data:www-data instead.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Let’s say we have a document root like: It’s interesting to note the instructions for this will vary from environment to environment, it depends on which user is looking after apache2, etc. \/var\/www\/mysite.com\/htdocs Make all files read\/write and owned by … Continue reading