http://drupal.org/node/244924 -- is a very helpful resource for securing file permissions. 

On Mon, Jan 9, 2012 at 10:45 PM, Jarry <mr.jarry@gmail.com> wrote:
On 09-Jan-12 16:32, Dick Hoogendijk wrote:
> If I install the FreeBSD port of drupal all my files are owned by the
> user the webserver is running under (www). This way Drupal is very
> capable of updating/installing new core and/or modules.
>
> My question is: is it save(!) to have the files owned by the user under
> which your Apache server executes?

You probably mean "safe"? Personally, the first thing I do
after downloading and unpacking new module is
$ sudo chown -R root:root <dir>
Of course, you'd need shell account, and even root-password.

I do not give users higher access-rights than what they really
need. And web-server does not need to be owner of these files
(now talking about core and modules)...

Jarry
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