Chmodding 777 denied?

[Tonypker13]

hi everyone.
Im installing vbulletin right now..

And upon the instll you need to CHMOD to 777.
When I try to set the permissions, it doesn't let me and I get the 500 internal server error.
Anybody out there know what I can do?

[GvilleRick]

Set the permissions to 755 instead. All of the HG servers run suPhp and will not allow permissions set to 777. Generally 755 will work fine since php is running under your username.

[christfirstforums]

i use vb and 755 works fine ya should have little trouble my friend

[taha116]

http://www.simplemachines.org/commun...p?topic=2987.0

Read this. Staff Member especially

[GvilleRick]

The information you posted in the other thread on this topic is all originally from 2003. A lot has changed since then including development of suPHP. I'm sure the staff has read similar arguments but the decision has been made by HG to use suPHP and so 777 permissions will not work with PHP scripts. I have not found it to be a problem with any recent script.

[taha116]

That topic is still discussed in, even though its old its still a fact. The thing is i dont know if i should sign up because the script i am using is verry uncommon and dont want to have issues with it. I am serious about my work thats all i dont want to get screwd over.

[GvilleRick]

What is the script? If it is written correctly there should be no problem. Many hosts run suPHP for security reasons. If you provide the script information someone may be able to tell you more.

[quietFinn]

Originally Posted by taha116

That topic is still discussed in, even though its old its still a fact. The thing is i dont know if i should sign up because the script i am using is verry uncommon and dont want to have issues with it. I am serious about my work thats all i dont want to get screwd over.

There is no reason whatsoever why any PHP application would need permissions of directories to be set 777.
They usually need directories to be writable, but only brain-dead applications assume that a directory is writable only if it's permissions are 777.

http://us3.php.net/manual/en/function.is-writable.php

[taha116]

K Thank you quitefinn and Gvilerock

[striddy]

Originally Posted by taha116

K Thank you quitefinn and Gvilerock

That would be quietFinn and GvilleRick.

Always polite to call people by their correct name.

[taha116]

Sighs* I wont say anything. I wonder if they took my mispelling of thier name to be an offense when you can clearly see i alrady (intentionaly dosent trty tofix spelling [seriosll y this is what would happen if i didnt use firefox with its spelling check, lol]) cant spell for beans.

[quietFinn]

Originally Posted by taha116

Sighs* I wont say anything. I wonder if they took my mispelling of thier name to be an offense when you can clearly see i alrady (intentionaly dosent trty tofix spelling [seriosll y this is what would happen if i didnt use firefox with its spelling check, lol]) cant spell for beans.

Usually I don't even notice if someone spells my nick quiteFinn... and I can't psell either

[taha116]

lol alright thanks for the assistance guys.