Movable Type Knowledge Base: Control File And Directory Permissions

Question

How can I control the permissions on the files and directories generated by Movable Type?

Answer

Permissions on the generated files and directories are controlled by the *Umask and *Perms settings in the mt-config.cgi¹ file.


# DBUmask 0022
# HTMLUmask 0022
# UploadUmask 0022
# DirUmask 0022
#
# HTMLPerms 0777
# UploadPerms 0777

For more information on using these settings correctly, see My PHP Output Files Need To Be Executable.

¹ In versions prior to 3.2, the configuration file is named mt.cfg.

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