[pmwiki-users] WikiFarm Security, Are Suspenders Really Necessary?

[Dominique Faure]

On 11/20/06, Sandy <sandy at onebit.ca> wrote:
> >
> > 3a. Chmod 2777 . on /www/sites/site1 .
> > 3b. Run PmWiki.
> > 3c. Chmod 755 . to lock /www/sites/site1 up again.
> >
> > (Side question: what does the . in the chmod command do? SmartFTP won't
> > allow it.)
> >

The . only means the current directory (.. for the parent), ie
/www/sites/site1 . So this should be equivalent to alter site1
directory permissions from /www/sites .

Dom