Writing to external file

zzz

I noticed that in order for me to be able to write output to external file, I must have that file CHMOD 0777.

Now, this file will have static html in it to be used as include. Question, how bad of a security risk is it to leave static HTML page with 0777 permissions. There is no direct link to that file otherwise.

I tried to see if I can CHMOD the file to 0777 using PHP, write my output and then CHMOD it back to 0644, but it doesn't seem to work. I suppose my server settings do not permit it.

dougal85

As far as I am aware, the only people that will be able to access the file to write to with a CHMOD 777 are on the local network. However, I'm not 100% on this...

banzaimonkey

zzz wrote:
I tried to see if I can CHMOD the file to 0777 using PHP, write my output and then CHMOD it back to 0644, but it doesn't seem to work. I suppose my server settings do not permit it.

PHP would probably have to be the owner of the file in order for that to work.