Unwriteable? Should they be Writable?

[FSJM1]

I am new to Joomla and was curious to know what permissions you all leave your folders and files as? Do you leave them as 644 CHMOD which makes them unwritable to the system? Or do you 755 or even 777 them?

I currently switch them to 777, then change them back. Is it ok to leave them like this? Is there another permission that you leave all of the files at so you can easily upload without having to constantly adjust CHMOD rules without the worry of being hacked?

[musiczineguy]

I am new to Joomla and was curious to know what permissions you all leave your folders and files as? Do you leave them as 644 CHMOD which makes them unwritable to the system? Or do you 755 or even 777 them?

I currently switch them to 777, then change them back. Is it ok to leave them like this? Is there another permission that you leave all of the files at so you can easily upload without having to constantly adjust CHMOD rules without the worry of being hacked?

The general consensus is that Folders should be set at 755 and files at 644. There are various times when you need to change these permissions, depending on your hosting situation, but the 755/folder 644/file scheme is a good rule of thumb.

I also set configuration.php to 444 .. Joomla 1.5.x seems to be able to change the permissions, overwrite and then reset the permissions on this very important file.

[FSJM1]

I tested 755, and then went to Admin>Sys Info> Directory Permissions and they stay as unwritable. Any ideas why?

[twcmex]

This may help explain what is happening:

http://community.joomla.org/blogs/leade ... -time.html

(point #2)