Will This Mess Up My WordPress?

  • fliteskates

    (@fliteskates)


    17 years, 5 months ago

    I just password protected my wordpress site.

    I had it under a directory (not in the root)

    I used a .htaccess file.

    At first it wasn’t working, I kept getting a 403 error.

    So I did a search on here and read that if i chmod it to 666 it will work, which it did.

    But then I was reading about permalinks and such and it not being able to write to the .htaccess file.

    Is what I did ok and will my WP site function properly now?

    Thx

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  • whooami

    (@whooami)

    17 years, 5 months ago

    umm, im just going to pipe in and say one thing:

    Regardless of what you are trying to accomplish having an .htaccess on your site thats chmod 666 is nothing short of stupid. I dont care what you read or where.

    IF, in fact, you cannot accomplish what you are doing without having your .htaccess being world-writable, then you ought to find another solution.

    —

    OK, i lied, I said 2 things. Sue me.

    an .htaccess needs to be READABLE. NOTHING ELSE.

    SIX-FOUR-FOUR

    Thread Starter fliteskates

    (@fliteskates)

    17 years, 5 months ago

    So I should chmod it to 644?

    vkaryl

    (@vkaryl)

    17 years, 5 months ago

    Um…. 6-4-4?

    Chris_K

    (@handysolo)

    17 years, 5 months ago

    What’s the last bolded line in whooami’s post?

    Thread Starter fliteskates

    (@fliteskates)

    17 years, 5 months ago

    Ya I read the post too quickly – had someone asking me about a coffee table *rolls eyes*

    Now that it has been chmod to 644 will it do anything to my Wp site.. ie my permalinks or anything?

    Or will everything still function normally?

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