owner rights

[elck]

Hi, I am new to this, so probably a 'stupid' question:

My website is on a shared server.
I want to create a directory where I can put .jpg files from:

1. my ftp connection
2. a piped email
3. a webpage (php)

When I have the webpage create the dir I can give it a chmod 0755 and still upload jpgs there,
but the piped mail cannot create files there.

And the other way around too.

The only way I can make this happen is by creating a dir through ftp with rights set to 777

And I am afraid that is not a very safe option as hackers could put and run executables there.

Am I doing something wrong, is there a way around or is there nothing to worry about?

 

[tchatzi]

Just an idea.....

if all these ways you want are using the same user, lets say "www" then the only thing to do is `chown

http://www dirname`

and then `chmod 700 dirname`

If the users are different then you should put the users on the same group lets same 'share'
and then `chgrp share dirname`.


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