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I know that the generic id used by Apache needs to be able to write to path.php and system/config.php during installation so those files need to be set 666 at that time.

Is that true after installation as well?  Are there ongoing admin tasks which need to be able to update those files?

I’ve seen some indication that the installation process is supposed to set those files to 644 after it is through writing to them, but in my case they are still set to 666.

PHP files set to 666 make me nervous on principle and I’d like to set them to 644 unless that breaks something.

Thanks.

Prentiss, path.php will not need to be touched again, but config.php will be changed often enough. Look at the config items in the config.php file. All of the items there could be changed at one time or another.

Does that help?

So if I understand correctly that I can chmod path.php to 644 but need to leave system/config.php at 666, then yes that helps.  Thanks.

Prentiss, that’s correct. But you *could* use 644 on config.php and change the permissions as needed.

Does that help?

Yes, thanks!  And happy new year.

You too! Don’t hesitate to post again as needed.