I would like to know the answer too. Anyone here know what is the answer. I'll do some research and get back to you if I bump into an decent answer. You should email the people at iContact as they probably know..

It depends on your server. I set mine to 775 without any issues(creating auto thumbnails). For a bit of security you could place an index file with a redirect in the folder...

I set mine to 555 because for some reason when I use export/import CSV module, my pictures get deleted. That was the only way I could stop them from getting deleted while still allowing people to view my pictures..

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Meadtj.

: 10 May 2008, 06:29..

And if this happens on Friday of Memorial day, I come back Monday. My iPage site is turned off because, my bandwidth was used up at 3 AM on Sat..

This is the voice of experience..

I could write a routine the checks my directories ever x minutes for suspicious files...

Permissions need to be set to 777 on images so you can upload product images..

The above is due to bandwidth restrictions PM me and I will give you details abount getting more bandwidth without you nsite being closed down...

For a price..

For now I will live with the 777y. I still think it is a security hole that needs to be patched..

John..

It is an industry standard if you are going to or want users to add information/images etc to a file on your iPage website then the permission is to be set to 777, which allows information to be added to that particular folder only, this does not aalow changes to be made to any system files/folders unless you have set these to 777. Fors system files/folders then these should be set to either 755 of 644.

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Marketman.

: 12 May 2008, 15:22..

It is still a security hole, industry standard or not. It might be fixed with an htaccess or switch from html upload to an ftp upload. Adds administrative hassles, but would cut down on other problems...

Know the structure of OScommerce. write script that does uploads and upload. Not even a hard High School exercise..

A..

Which file or directory do I have to set permission for the basic template system. ? I get unwritable file when I try to edit...

Whatever file you are trying to edit, change permission to 777, then do your editing, then change permissions back to whatever they were before the change...

And the file is? BTS I am used to simple template system/..