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What are the permissions to read files in Drupal?
For example, on many systems the Apache process runs as a user called “www-data” that is in a group called “www-data”. This user should be able to read all of the files in your Drupal directory either by group permissions or by “other” permissions. It should not have write permissions to the code in your Drupal directory.
What are the worst case scenarios for Drupal?
Worst case scenario: a file upload tool in Drupal allows users to upload a file with any name and any contents. This allows a user to upload a mail relay PHP script to your site, which they can place wherever they want to turn your server into a machine to forward unsolicited commercial email.
Which is the best guide for installing Drupal 7?
All Drupal 7 documentation. This guide gives you a big picture overview of Drupal concepts, helping you to understand the framework behind Drupal. Detailed system requirements for a Drupal 7 installation. What is PDO? How to install Drupal 7. Documentation for contributed modules for Drupal 7. Theming guide for Drupal 7.
How do I change the ownership of a Drupal file?
The only thing to be done is to change the directory group ownership to the group your apache is running on. The permission required by Apache is given through group permission and others have no access at all to any files and directories on a Drupal installation.
What is the account name of a Drupal server?
Usually the web server’s account name is www or _www or nobody or daemon or apache. Everything that Drupal and PHP do, they do as this user. Usually no actual person logs in as www, it’s reserved for the server, and magic makes the server assume the www user identity.
Who is the owner of Drupal core directories?
It is important to notice that the user ownership of Drupal’s core directories/subdirectories and files is given to the user who administers Drupal (usually root) and group ownership is given to the group your apache is running on. For files and directories inside the “sites” directory the user who is hosting the site on your server is their owner.