Setting directory permissions for Joomla 1.6 Linux/Unix installation – safer method (script)

Safer method to make write permissions for Joomla 1.6 installation.

Run these two commands from ‘su’ or ‘root’ within joomla install directory (assuming that you have ‘apache’ user for httpd):

chgrp -R apache administrator/components administrator/language administrator/language/en-GB administrator/language/overrides administrator/manifests/files administrator/manifests/libraries administrator/manifests/packages administrator/modules administrator/templates components images images/banners images/sampledata language language/en-GB language/overrides libraries media modules plugins plugins/authentication plugins/content plugins/editors plugins/editors-xtd plugins/extension plugins/search plugins/system plugins/user templates configuration.php cache administrator/cache logs tmp

chmod -R g+w,o-rwx administrator/components administrator/language administrator/language/en-GB administrator/language/overrides administrator/manifests/files administrator/manifests/libraries administrator/manifests/packages administrator/modules administrator/templates components images images/banners images/sampledata language language/en-GB language/overrides libraries media modules plugins plugins/authentication plugins/content plugins/editors plugins/editors-xtd plugins/extension plugins/search plugins/system plugins/user templates configuration.php cache administrator/cache logs tmp

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