public_html chmod to 750

I think that is default on cpanel public_html is 750

Hi Govpatel
Thanks for the reply.
Who is your hosting with.

Mine is with Godaddy and my default is 755 on public_html.
When I change it to 750 my site goes to block everyone.

Thanks
Jay

folders = 755
files = 644

Not that I can really explain why, but as mentioned by govpatel, my host requires public_html to be 750.

Hi Samuel
Yeap I got my
folders at = 755
files at = 644 ( but for the wp-config they want it at 640 )

However after reading the hardening guide:
It states that my (should be) public_html = 750
and I just can’t do that because it blocks the whole site. It has to stay 755.

and

wp-config (should be) = 640
can’t do this either because it too blocks my whole site. Is anyone else’s wp-config = 640?

How in the world is anyone else getting to set these settings without doing anything else on their server?

Hi MichaelH
Thanks for the reply.
Who’s your host?

and who is the group owner of your public_html?

I use A Small Orange that uses cPanel.

Won’t divulge group owner but it is not me.

hey Michael – I use ASO, also and just noticed the public_html is 750 – all other folders are 755
wp-config.php is 644

owner is 32777
group is 32329

I am with GVO and I have always had public_html as 750 and folders as 755 and all files 644 and I changed my config file 640

May be Go Daddy has their server set differently check with them and see what the norm is for settings.

Hi Guys
Thanks for the replies, this is really helpful.
I absolutely got a hold of GoDaddy before I posted and they are all set on the idea that if public_html is set to 750 you are giving access to the owner to the group and you are blocking the “world” with that zero setting. So they do not understand how the world is accessing the site if they do not have read access to it.

Same thing goes for the wp-config my DB can’t get to the file if its 640. But I bet you both these issues are from the same source.

Here is how I installed my directories:

home/username/public_html/ files
I also tried
home/username/public_html/wordpress/ files

and both installations work the same way as in public_html is 755 and if its anything else its blocked. I can change it to 604 but thats the same idea as 755.

Not sure where to go from here. I can’t seem to find enough information regarding the process of setting public_html to 750 on the web. The only thing I hear is that allegedly the group owner has to be set to nobody (but that means nothing unless you know who the users are in the group)

Thanks for your help guys!
Jay

Might have to go with the settings your host requires.

So I called Host Gator
Apparently they have 750 set to all public_html by default, however they would not tell me how their Apache server is set.
The settings are the same on shared hosting and on VPS.

It seems that Godaddy has their default public_html set to 755 for all VPS and shared hosting. I am trying to get more information from them but they seem clueless about this.

Took me forever but I figured it out!

I am creating documentation and I will provide a link shortly!

Thank you all for your contribution

Jay