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I have messed up the permissions for CiviCRM and would like to know where I can find the proper permissions for files and folders.

I followed the guide for setting the permissions for Drupal according to http://drupal.org/node/244924 and this works fine, at least for Drupal, but it seems like CiviCRM was messed up at the same time.

After having set write permissions on the upload folder (see below) it worked a lot better.
/drupal/sites/default/files/civicrm/upload

Now some forms are at least loaded in CiviCRM but I get e.g.:
"failed to open stream: Permission denied in .drupal/sites/all/modules/civicrm/CRM/Core/IDS.php on line 115."

Thanks in advance,

Mikael

Many thanks for that. I think I have setup everything properly now. I just wonder, for all others who are looking in the doc for this information, can this be found in the CiviCRM doc? Otherwise it should be included.

Cheers,

Mikael

Absolutely. I have an account now and have logged in. Any ideas where to put the information?

Cheers,

Mikael

I suggest making the following two sections in Review permissions:
1. File system permissions
2. Drupal role permissions

In the second one, which I am not planning to improve, the following will be included (excerpt from the 'Review permissions' section):

"* Go to Administer » User management » Permissions
..."

As for the first one, I have the following questions and comments (first the citation and then my question/comment) regardin the present green section:

"Note that Drupal tries to create the /files/ directory (and make it writeable), but only when saving admin/settings."

What does ", but only when saving admin/settings" mean?

"Refer to Step 2 for instructions on directories to create and permissions to set."

Where do one find "Step 2"?

Basically, the first green section does not say much, I think.

I would probably just include the following in this section:

Drupal:
Make sure that the permissions are setup properly (see File Permissions and Ownership For Security, http://drupal.org/node/244924). The files directory (i.e. sites/default/files) should be readable and writable by the user which runs the web server, which is mentioned in 'File Permissions and Ownership For Security', and the same goes for all of its subdirectories.

CiviCRM:
Based on what is stated above the whole sites/default/files/civicrm directory (with subdirectories) should have the same permissions, i.e. be readable/writable to a user which runs your webserver. As for all files, they should just be readable by the same user.

I am actually not certain regarding above. Is it correct that all directories in the directory files should be both writable and readable by the web user? I have a directory 'languages' in the files directory. Should this be writable as well?
 
Thanks,

Mikael