Hello,

I am following a tutorial to migrate my WP website to Amazon AWS with Ubuntu Server, the tutorial is great and goes step by step but, when teacher on tutorial ends up installing LAMP he does something that I don't agree which is putting permissions to "777" on "www" folder so, I wanted to ask why you think he does this and if this is the correct way of doing it? if not what is the correct permissions to add and why he does this? If I am not mistaken correct permissions are to put 755 or 744, right?

Appreciate all the help and knowledge on the matter!

Correct permissions for what? and Erm, No.

"Teacher" on "tutorial" is an "id10T" and you can tell them I said so.

777 is a rookie move. If this were Poker, I'd call it.

The "correct way"...
https://codex.wordpress.org/Hardening_WordPress
https://codex.wordpress.org/Moving_WordPress

Generally speaking,
directories = 755
files = 644

Get some.
Honestly, WP is the easiest thing to "migrate".

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Hello Habitual,

Thanks for the fast review, yes I know WP is easy to migrate but, the tutorial is to setup AWS Server which I am not as familiar with and yes for directories is 755 and files 644 but, my question is on server folder "/var/www" is the permission there 755 too?

Because on tutorial he does command => sudo chmod 777 /var/www

Which I don't understand the point of this command he does and it seems to make server unsecured to do it, that is why I ask!

Thanks again!

It's like you're not even reading...

End Transmission.

I had and does not say anything about permissions on "www" folder.

Open that link. Type: Ctrl+f to open a search. Copy&paste in this:
Avoid having any file or directory set to 777.
OR, better/easier: search that document for just: 777
Press <Enter> to perform the search. Read what you find.

Alternatively, use Google.com to search for: wordpress 777
The 1st result I find: http://codex.wordpress.org/Changing_...dangers_of_777

Does this help?

p.s. >"I am following a tutorial..."
What is the link/URL? ('We' will correct the Internet by having it deleted.)

p.p.s. Interesting further research: 7000 search hits from:
"chmod 777" www aws wordpress migration
And a half-million for just: "chmod 777" www
I'm beginning to fear that the Internet has been overrun by FakeNews

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Hello !!!, Yes I found that helpful but, there is no need to be mean about it, I am sorry if I am bothering you with my question but, I saw something that I thought was not correct on a tutorial and I wanted to ask an expert opinion about it since I could not found the answer I was looking for on Google.

Also it seems I made a mistake on the request because the command instructor on tutorial uses is => "sudo chmod 777 /var/www/html" so, he is giving full access to "html" folder (where he installs wordpress) not "www" as I thought but, still I want to be sure if this is correct or not can you please confirm this to me? and if not then should I apply the 755 permission?

Thanks and appreciate all the help.

Hello,

Nevermind after couple of days instructor respond to me and he said that once installation is done to put back permission 755 on folder and that he forgot to mention on tutorial, anyways I appreciate all the help!

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Hi... I didn't want to be 'mean', but just to respond "my 2cents" to post about "not reading", sorry.
Yea, Internet "talk" can be taken harshly; there's a concept of "thick skin" floating around forums.
And NVC espouses that the word "you" be replaced by "I feel" regex: s/you/I feel/

Anyway, glad you came to a resolution and marked it as Solved, for future searchers who hit this 777 debate!

You are NOT "bothering" at all! People love answering, even if a bit "snippy"! Sorry!
I'm a "newbie" but I think that security guru's "freak" when they hear someone mention like "no locks/doors"! Or parents finding that the teacher wrote that all locks&doors are to be removed from homes.