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

I would ask about using CRON to back up your file periodically. -----Original Message----- From: Marek Kilimajer <kilimajer@webglobe.sk> To: PHP <php-general@lists.php.net> Date: Thursday, October 17, 2002 5:17 AM Subject: Re: [PHP] 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 >> >> >> >> >> > > >-- >PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) >To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > >