[pmwiki-users] Uploaded files world readable!?
Oliver Betz
list_ob at gmx.net
Fri Dec 28 03:12:46 CST 2012
"Patrick R. Michaud" wrote:
>> upload.php uses "fixperms($filepath,0444);", therefore uploaded files
>> get world read access, correct?
>> Why is this needed?
>
>Short answer: Fixperms only adds the minimum permissions necessary
>to ensure that the account owner has sufficient permission to access
>the file.
>
>Longer answer: Some PHP installations run programs under a
[...]
I think I understood the general intention of fixperms, but the
question is, why upload.php _generally_ adds 0444.
That's IMO not in the sense of the fixperms automatic.
Oliver
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