Folder/Directory Permissions or CHMOD

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Originally Posted by MadCat

Unix file permissions 101: (just for completeness)

3: When in doubt, 777 fixes most directory access problems, but it's not recommended since that pretty much allows anyone to do anything to your files.

by the time they can do anything other than what your a script allows allows them to with a writable file or directory, they already have pwned that account and can do pretty much anything (well, not counting other users that aren't in a a chroot container)