Support » Plugins » [wp-super-cache] Bug: Warning! /home/…../public_html/ is writable.

  • Hi,,

    I use WP Super Cache from month, and no problem, but yesterday I found strange thing. I got this message!

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

    And I know the default Permissions are:
    public_html: 750
    Files: 644
    directories: 755

    And that’s Permissions in my site.
    http://img30.imageshack.us/img30/4542/5302009105222.png

    I think that’s a bug in wp super cache,
    Regards..

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  • super cache uses chmod in one place in the script from what I remember and running it on your public_html folder was not what it was doing. I think it was in there as a fail safe in case the file couldnt be edited.

    Also note, typically the main html dir your site is in is also chmod 755. At least on my server. I run a self managed dedicated machine, so unless I dont remember changing it, it came like that out of the box.

    Are you sure its not complaining about “wp-content”? Check that file…

    LindaRRR

    (@lindarrr)

    Warning! /home7/thesmas1/public_html/ is writable. Please make it readonly after your page is generated as this is a security risk.

    I just received this message after deactivating all my plugins on the recommendation of simplescripts so I could update some security thing.

    Obviously I am not a techie. So the above message mean nothing to me. How do I make my public_html safe as a read only??

    lutetia

    (@lutetia)

    I have just noticed the same message.

    Yet my website’s directory permissions are set to 755, which is, I believe, the correct setting: Read-Write-Execute for the User, and Read-Execute for Group and World.

    If I restrict it more, my site displays a 403-forbidden page.

    I think this is a bug, but would like to hear from a techie, as I not one either….

    lutetia – your Apache server is probably running as the same user that owns the directory. You can ignore the message.

    lutetia

    (@lutetia)

    Great, thanks for clarifying that.

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