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Install: ftp mandatory?

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Oldiesmann:
Ok... Make sure everything is chmodded properly:

All directories (and their subdirectories), including the one that SMF is in, should by chmodded to 777

The following should be chmodded to 666:
Packages/installed.list
Packages/server.list
Themes/default/languages/Install.english.php
agreement.txt
install.php
Settings.php
Settings_bak.php

In addition, you should also chmod the following files to 666, although it isn't required for the install:
Themes/classic/index.template.php
Themes/classic/style.css
Themes/default/index.template.php
Themes/default/style.css

CHMod all other .php files to 755

digit:
Cool. I managed to get past the ftp screen by doing chmod 777 f/*.php (and setting the other permissions) :-)

This is nice looking software guys! :-) Wow.

Now, should I set some of the permissions so they aren't so wide open?

Grudge:
Not really. There's a nice piece by Unknown here about why it's not a problem leaving stuff 777. In fact if you ever want to use the package manager you should leave stuff at 777. The only thing I personally would change is Settings.php to 644 or 666, not that it should make any difference to security as I understand - but oh well :)

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