Set file permissions for PHP Script

Question

I've been told I need to set some file permissions for my php scripts. how do I do this so I can set a file to something other than 006 permission? (right now, only 006 works).

The main question is, how do I make a group?

Answer 1

chmod 644 - gives rw-r-r
chmod 755 - givex rwx-rx-rx

006 it will be useless ... since the user and the group can't read the file but allows everybody to read and write - perhaps is the other way around 600

chmod 006 - gives - - rw
chmod 600 - gives rw- -

Answer 2

• Create a development group. The syntax will differ based on what flavor of *nix you are using: groupadd dev, for example.
• Make sure both the user you are logged in as (which should not be root) and the web server user are part of that group: useradd -G dev david; useradd -G dev apache
• Make sure the files in your web directories are owned by your web server user: chown -R apache:dev /path/to/dir
• Change permissions for files and directories appropriately with chmod, making sure that the first two numbers match and give the full permissions but that the last number gives only the permissions needed for users to view pages (which is typically 'read' (4) or 'read/execute' (5))

PHP executed from your web server should be executed as your web server user, and PHP executed from your logged-in user should be executed as that user. As such, as long as your logged in user of 'david' is part of the 'dev' group (as 'apache' should be too) and all files are owned by apache:dev, you should be good to go.