[drupal-devel] files folder error

[Carl McDade]

LOL,

Yep, this scares the beginners and they will automatically turn to the
forum.

Heck, it scares me when I see those bright red areas appear.

Carl McDade

Curtis Nelson wrote:
> Morbus Iff wrote:
>>> IMOP this is not a bug but developer error. All directories the are
>>> created without user input should be set to 777 so that they can be 
> read
>> 
>> 
>> This would be a bug. Under a suEXEC environment, this is giving 
> everyone 
>> the ability to read or write the directory, when it'd only require 
> 755. 
>> Giving too many permissions is never a good idea.
>> 
> 
> Yep.  No need to have this directory around if people aren't using the 
> functionality.  The real error might be that the config display shows a 
> big red warning about not having the files folder setup when that might 
> be your intent.  Perhaps toning down the red warning to just a "No 
> 'files' Folder Set" set would be another option.  No need to worry 
> people when they haven't done anything wrong.
> 
> -Curtis
>