DgoldHello, I'm moving servers. 1 of my plugins needs a cache folder that is writable by the Apache process. Should I chmod it to 777, or 755?
Details about my issue:
- On the new server my Headline Images plugin by Coldforged isn't working, because I couldn't figure out the path to the Cache folder this plugin requires.
- On my old server the path that worked was:
/var/www/radio/wp-content/headline-cache/ - On the new server the path should be:
/www/radio/wp-content/headline-cache/ - It gives the error message
Error: The Folder [/www/radio/wp-content/headline-cache] is not writeable.FATAL: The directory you specified to cache the image files is not
writeable from the Apache task. Either select a different directory or
make the directory you specified writable by the Apache task (chmod
755 the directory). - So you can see the plugin itself tells me to "chmod 755". I checked and the folder is already 755. So I asked my host, and their answer was this:
"The permission of the writable files or folders should be set to 777."
Do you agree? Is 777 safe? Why does the plugin tell me to 755?
