Support » Plugins » [Plugin: WP Super Cache] Directly cached files warning

  • I installed the WP SuperCache plug-in today and while configuring noticed the following warning message:

    Directly Cached Files

    Warning! /home2/ericpeop/public_html/epicimagesonline/ is writable. Please make it readonly after your page is generated as this is a security risk.
    Add direct page:

    Directly cached files are files created directly off /home2/ericpeop/public_html/epicimagesonline/ where your blog lives. This feature is only useful if you are expecting a major Digg or Slashdot level of traffic to one post or page.

    For example: to cache http://www.epicimagesonline.com/about/, you would enter http://www.epicimagesonline.com/about/ or /about/. The cached file will be generated the next time an anonymous user visits that page.

    Make the textbox blank to remove it from the list of direct pages and delete the cached file.

    I have no idea what this means. The text below the warning doesn’t seem to address the warning at all. What am I supposed to be making read-only and how do I do it. Should I do it? What should I do?

    -ep

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  • the text below relates specifically to creating directly cached files, whereas the warning message is a general message about your setup. They are not meant to be related.

    you should be able to solve the warning by logging in with command line and use chmod 755 on the epicimages folder.

    I’m getting the same message:

    Warning! /home/boostapp/public_html/ is writable. Please make it readonly after your page is generated as this is a security risk.

    chmod’ing /home/boostapp/public_html/ to 755 did NOT make the message go away and neither did chmod 711

    What permission attribute is WP Super Cache looking for? Everything I’ve ever read on security recommends 755 or 711 for web root directories.

    That directory is owned by the same user that runs the webserver so ignore the warning. It’s not ideal that this is the case but some hosting companies do it for convenience.

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