[wikka-community] permissions on wikka.config.php

Brian Koontz brian
Thu Dec 30 04:55:04 GMT 2010


On Thu, Dec 30, 2010 at 11:05:00AM +0700, john francis lee wrote:
> Yeah, apache runs as www-data... I
> 
>   chmod 444 wikka.config.php
> 
> and now it works. But now anyone can read my passwords aand other 
> settings, right? 

No, not necessarily.  Only if a user somehow accesses your machine.
To be on the safe side, you can always change the ownership to  
www-data and then leave your perms as 400.

> I left config/ at 700. wikka.config.php is in the root... maybe it 
> shouldn't be?

wikka.config.php needs to be in the top-level directory.  

  --Brian

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Brian Koontz
Wikka Development Team
Systems Support and Random Tasking Dept.




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