For the record 644 is a better mode for settings.php than 755. You don't want someone trying to execute the file as a script. When creating a new site all you need to do in the sites/mysite directory is create an empty settings.php file (cd sites/mysite && touch settings.php). The default.settings.php file in the sites/default directory is for Drupal to use for default values and to validate a correct structure.
HTH, Earnie
Ayath ULLAH wrote:
Hi,
I've found this from the officail docs and there are some discussuins underneath the article.
http://drupal.org/documentation/install/settings-file
Kind regards, Ayath
Date: Wed, 9 Feb 2011 18:40:30 -0500 To: support@drupal.org From: mlandman@face2interface.com Subject: Re: [support] db password change
At 06:15 PM 2/9/2011, Ayath ULLAH wrote:
- make sure that you have access to write/edit/modify the
settings.php file (chmod it 744 for while editing)-Drupal automatically changes back the perms to default on each page refresh.
Ayath,
When first looking at it I thought the perms were wrong - 755 - and changed them to 644. Can you point me a discussion explaining the ins and outs of this? This is a live site, new to me, and I am treading lightly at this point. FWIW site seems to be running fine now with the settings.php file at 644.
Thanks. Marty
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