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falke
mainfile.php is writeable by the server

  • 2005/10/7 15:38

  • falke

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  • Since: 2004/4/25


I get this message when I go into admin interface.....

Warning: httpd.www/mainfile.php is writeable by the server.
Please change the permission of this file for security reasons.
in Unix (444), in Win32 (read-only)

The problem is that my webhost does noit allow me to change it through a FTP client. I need some advice how to change this some other way....

Thanks!
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falke
Re: mainfile.php is writeable by the server

  • 2005/10/7 15:46

  • falke

  • Friend of XOOPS

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  • Since: 2004/4/25


Two more details:

It is a Linux box....
I dont have Cpanel so thats not an option....
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jdseymour
Re: mainfile.php is writeable by the server

Try through the file manager of your control panel for your site. All Web site control panels should have some type of file manager.

No cPanel I see, do you have any other control panel? If not ask your host to adjust the permissions.
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falke
Re: mainfile.php is writeable by the server

  • 2005/10/7 15:54

  • falke

  • Friend of XOOPS

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  • Since: 2004/4/25


I have some kind of control panel but it is not possible to use it for this purpose... ;o(

I hav done this once before but i cant remember what I did... I think it was some kind of script or something that I used... any ideas?
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falke
Re: mainfile.php is writeable by the server

  • 2005/10/7 16:03

  • falke

  • Friend of XOOPS

  • Posts: 158

  • Since: 2004/4/25


Ahhhh, now I remembered it.

I made a small text file called chmod.php:

<?php chmod("mainfile.php", 0444) ?>

Then I used FTP to transfer it to my site and executed it via Mozilla.....


Voila, all is OK!

Thanks for your help jdseymour
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JamesSAEP
Re: mainfile.php is writeable by the server

  • 2005/10/7 16:03

  • JamesSAEP

  • Just can't stay away

  • Posts: 732

  • Since: 2005/2/28


You don't see something like "Shell" or "Webshell" anywhere?

Somehow you had to have changed the permissions on the template_c, cache, uploads, and mainfile.php for the initial installation.

I'd contact your hosting company and ask them.
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jdseymour
Re: mainfile.php is writeable by the server

Well, my advise would be if your host does not supply a mechanism to set permissions to your files, time to find a host that is not so paranoid. Part of site security is handling file chmod.

I have just moved my site to a Virtual Private Server to give me full control over my sites settings. Close to a dedicated server, but with my traffic I am not ready for that yet. My permissions can be set by my control panel (webmin) FTP, and through shell access (SSH). But there may be a script to run to do it, but I still think that you should have control of your files.

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