File permissions vs File ownership

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Hello,

 

I have two questions:

 

1. What folders (files) have to be writeable by the web-server after the installation (I gues there will be less folders requiring write access than during the installation process)?

 

2. What is better:

to give the ownership of these folders/files to the web-server (f.x. user www-data) and keep the permission RWXR-XR-X (755)...

OR ...

to keep the ownership to a different user (ex John) but give the folders the permission RWXRWXRWX (777)? ...

OR ...

a combination: keep all folders to a different user with no write access except the folders that need write access that I give their ownership to the web-server and allow only the web-server to write to them.

 

Thank you

Radu Dudici

 

[El Patron]

in my honest opionion you file ownership should be your domain with optimal permissions (for most hosting) 755 folder 644 files and .htaccess 664.

[benjamin utterback]

in my honest opionion you file ownership should be your domain with optimal permissions (for most hosting) 755 folder 644 files and .htaccess 664.

 

 

I can agree with that and that is the PrestaShop team's recommendation as well. 

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Thank you both (El Patron and Benjamin) ... this is also what I was thinking about. Now I have a second oppinion on it.

 

Just one note ... when you refer to "the ownership should be your domain" I understand that the owner should be the user the web-server (Ex Apache web server on Linux) runs as (ex www-data). Is this correct?

 

Regards

Radu