Re: <newbie> public_html directory requires chmod -R 755 constantly?
What you probably want is umask.
What it does is set the default permissions of files you create.
In my /etc/profile is the line:
umask 022
It can also be set in your .profile.
you can check what your current setting is by
umask
So when I create a file, it would normally be created as 666 but with umask
022 it comes out as 644, which should be suitable for web pages that aren't
cgi-bin. umask works by subtracting the bits from the respective permission
bits.
Hope that helps
rick
Stefan Harris writes:
> Hello everyone!
>
> I'm new here, so be gentle.
>
> Whenever a change is made to anything in the public_html directory, I must
>
> chmod -R 755 public_html
>
> before those files can be accessed from the web. I am so new at this, but I am sure there is a way to make this directory 755 permanently, isn't there? Does it have to do with ownership? (chown?)
>
> Thank you,
>
> Stefan Harris
> Network Administrator / Webmaster
> DM Federal Credit Union
> (520)235-1179
>
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