: Question about my public_HTML folder permissions I have a shared hosting account that uses cPanel and I think su_php. By default, the permissions for my public_HTML directory are set to 750,

@XinRu657

W3D, you are correct. This comes down to the fact that public_HTML is owned by the group "nobody," of which Apache is a member. Directories and files that I create are part of my own group, and not of the group "nobody." So while Apache is accessing the public_HTML folder, it is a part of that folder's group, hence the need for only 750 permission (which is optimal also because it keeps other users on the same server from being able to view and access my public_HTML folder). But once Apache reaches a directory or file I've created, Apache is no longer a part of it's group. To that directory or file, Apache is actually only qualified as "other." Hence, the need for those directories and files to be set to 755.

Thank you guys for your replies. I can't upvote yet or I would.

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@Radia820

You can access files and folders within the public_HTML because they are not inheriting the 750 rule. Depending on your setup sometimes a child permission can overrule that of a parent, which I'm guessing is the case.

SOURCE: STACK OVERFLOW


0755 = User:rwx Group:r-x World:r-x

0750 = User:rwx Group:r-x World:--- (i.e. World: no access)

r = read

w = write

x = execute (traverse for directories)

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