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Ah yes but using that, I habve to set my permissions to www-data instead of admin, or it doesnt work. I have that choice.

(2010-08-04, 12:54 PM)droopal Wrote: [ -> ]I know too many people who have been hacked using that software.
They even have hack to get back into your forums, if its been hacked.

As you already noticed, software can cause security problems.
Do you really think, this depends on a simple chmod setting?

Seriously you can't get security by a simple chmod setting, no way

Actually there are no differences between chmod 0755 and chmod 0777.
Both means that the folder is writable (it just depends on server settings).

And that's the point. The chmod value is unimportant. Writable is writable
At this moment, the software has to control the access to the folder/files.

Finaly: you should have to trust in the security of a software, if you use it.

Simply having a CHMOD of 777 isn't a security issue by itself. It must be compounded by another vulnerability and a malicious user and a malicious script to even be a remote problem.

Mostly CHMODing to less then 777 is simply precautions in the security world but there is a 99.99% chance that either way it will never affect you in your entire life.