P Paul B XenForo moderator Staff member Mar 7, 2014 #2 General files and directories should be 0644 and 0755 respectively. Upvote 0 Downvote
xml Active member Mar 7, 2014 #3 I read in this post: http://xenforo.com/community/resources/secure-admincp.415/updates Should config.php be 640 NOT 644 Advise to anyone who mistakenly used 644 to do the following. Chmod config.php to 640 Change your database user name and password Apply changes to your config.php Change your Super Administrator user name and password Click to expand... just wanted to make sure about config.php permissions Upvote 0 Downvote
I read in this post: http://xenforo.com/community/resources/secure-admincp.415/updates Should config.php be 640 NOT 644 Advise to anyone who mistakenly used 644 to do the following. Chmod config.php to 640 Change your database user name and password Apply changes to your config.php Change your Super Administrator user name and password Click to expand... just wanted to make sure about config.php permissions
Liam W in memoriam 1998-2020 Mar 7, 2014 #4 On some installs, 640 will not work, as PHP is run as a different user, and therefore wouldn't be able to access the file at all. Liam Upvote 0 Downvote
On some installs, 640 will not work, as PHP is run as a different user, and therefore wouldn't be able to access the file at all. Liam