Re: Is this a bad thing to do? (Unix permissions)

Yes it does expose you, and you can't do much about it, unless your provider has taken some precausions (like safe mode), which it should Gwydion Elderwyn wrote:

As part of my new site I have created a php-driven guestbook. The guestbook entries are stored in a file called guestbook.txt. I found that in order to get the script to write to the file, I had to set the directory permissions for the guestbook directory and the guestbook.txt file to -rw-rw-rw- ... is that a bad thing to do? Does it expose me to any hacking problems? If so, what should I have done? Bear in mind I'm using a 3rd-party host and I work in Windows, so please don't blind me with science ;) Thanks, Gwydion