mcflanahan

Ahhh… Thanks for clarifying that figaro. I have WP on two Hosts (shared servers) and both require the 777 permissions on the uploads folder. My Drupal and Mambo sites on the same servers don’t so I assumed the problem was solely with WP.
I’ll contact my host to resolve this.

Thanks for your reply Doodlebee but I have to say…Wow.
So Media Uploads won’t work unless:
mod_security’s ScanPOST is turned off
the uploads folder permissions are set at 777

and… no use uploading the images yourself because the media library won’t see any files in the folder unless uploaded through the Media Uploader.

So I guess I’ll be doing all the image coding by hand.

Here’s what codex has to say about 777 permissions:
“This provides an avenue for someone to gain access to your files by hijacking basically any process on your server, this also includes any other users on your machine. So you should think carefully about modifying permissions on your machine. I’ve never come across anything that needed more than 767, so when you see 777 ask why its necessary.”

So, respectfully, I’m asking guys. Why are 777 permissions required for uploading media? Might want to fix these media issues (and the caching issues) if you want to stay competitive.