Post install permissions

  • deadkatz

    (@deadkatz)


    14 years, 6 months ago

    I have WordPress [2.8.4] installed on a ClarkConnect 5.0 soon to be ClearOS platform and installed via subversion.

    After having to bind the root WordPress install to an FTP user home directory to allow FTP write access; I was able to install themes and plug-ins accordingly from the WordPress admin control panel.

    Recently I tried to upload a plug-in via the upload option and currently I do not have write permission via the server assigned to that directory. I can of course change directory permissions to this folder and all is well; in theory at least.

    The easiest and fastest way to make this blood simple and to avoid having to use FTP while eliminating file permissions errors altogether is to chown the root WordPress directory to your server; httpd, apache etc.

    What are the disadvantages of doing this, and how vulnerable does it make the WordPress install?

    What is the optimum way to configure permissions of a WordPress install on a self-hosted web server that is both secure and limits permission errors?

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