How do I use file modes to protect files and directories?
The best way is still to place all the private files into a directory and protect that directory. You are responsible for making your files and directories secure on BigBiz. The server machine is shared by many users so you should take precautions to protect your files from being damaged or destroyed by another user. For sensitive files such as those that hold credit card numbers or personal information you would also need to take additional precautions so the files are not even accessable by other users. Failure to set the correct modes for your files may open them to be (accidently or maliciously) erased or overwritten. The Unix security model (based on user-id) is used by our servers. The modes on the files should be set for different protections. The group permissions pertain to the http server. We recommend the following modes. • 0750 – for all directories, this allows you to read and write into the directory, and allows the http server to read the directory. Example: directories
