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When mambo/joomla creates or edits files and folders it changes ownership of the files to its own. That way I cant delete/change any of those files and folders when i use ftp programs unless i set permissions to 777 which I dont like at all.

Is there any way i can change ownership so ftp programs can do their thing?

thanks in advance.

So far there's no resolution to this problem in Mambo, you'll have to ask you host to change the files ownership to your username or run phpsuexec/suexec for apache to create files and folders as user not as apache user.

Actually this should be added to the wishlist as a new feature similar to File/Directory Permissions in global configuration.

keep in mind that suexec will have large impact on the performance of your server. Especially with large sites, this will cause problems.

phpsuexec/suexec are installed on the server hosting mambohut.com and I haven’t noticed any related performance issues

Ha!  Actually submitted this today as a feature request before reading this post. 

As a general rule, running PHP as an Apache module will be faster as the runtime is loaded into memory. However, if you're doing a lot of cgi-based access the phpsuexec may stay loaded in memory anyway, but does use extra resources to run as a cgi module.

The other difference is with webserver permissions. Having PHP as a cgi (phpsuexec) will run under the user's own account. Yes, this means users can more easily manage files as they are 'owned' by them, but it also does carry a risk that websites/personal files are more 'open to exploitation' than under a normal mod_php setup, since the php cgi application has read/write privilages instead of just read-only privileges.

- Vince

actually, cgi is more secure because the Apache module forces you to chmod to 777 for many extensions.