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Hello,

I have installed two MyBB forums in the past, and have been hacked through open file permissions (777) on MyBB folders. On those two forums, I ended up changing the permissions to 757 and so far everything has been fine.

I'm installing a MyBB 1.4 forum today for a new website and would like to know - do the permissions have to be 777 for install?

No.

All folders must be 755 (the cache and uploads folders and any subfolders should be 777) and all files are to be 644 (settings.php and config.php are to be 666)

NEVER put 777 on files/folders unless you are explicitly told to

We say 777 for the ones that need extra as some servers need that for them to work properly. If something less works then fine, but you only need to change specific ones: [Wiki: CHMOD_Files] (Broken link, head over to docs.mybb.com instead)

Thank you both.

I cannot chmod my files.

Error message :- parameters incorrect.

I have disable php safe mode.

What should I do next?

What's the command you are executing?

(2010-06-09, 09:18 AM)vtck Wrote: [ -> ]I cannot chmod my files.

Error message :- parameters incorrect.

I have disable php safe mode.

What should I do next?

Greetings

Who is your host?
And are you trying to change it via
the host control panel, of ftp client?

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