[GH-ISSUE #1169] Ownership and permission for root folder #751

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opened 2026-03-02 16:01:12 +03:00 by kerem · 3 comments

kerem commented

2026-03-02 16:01:12 +03:00

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Originally created by @thomaslvz on GitHub (May 3, 2024).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/prasathmani/tinyfilemanager/issues/1169

Hi all,
I have read a lot of issues here and it is not clear to me, so I make a new one

My root path is set to :
$root_path = $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'].'files';

and i want to know what ownership and permission settings should be granted for my folder files. It is currently set to

drw-rw---- tinyfilemanager www-data

But this doesnt work, and I dont want to set it to 777 (even though this makes it work) to keep things clean.

Originally created by @thomaslvz on GitHub (May 3, 2024). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/prasathmani/tinyfilemanager/issues/1169 Hi all, I have read a lot of issues here and it is not clear to me, so I make a new one My root path is set to : `$root_path = $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'].'files';` and i want to know what ownership and permission settings should be granted for my folder `files`. It is currently set to `drw-rw---- tinyfilemanager www-data` But this doesnt work, and I dont want to set it to `777` (even though this makes it work) to keep things clean.

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kerem commented

2026-03-02 16:01:13 +03:00

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@hestiacn commented on GitHub (May 3, 2024):

Just in the root directory of your web page. There is no point in setting this up. Please refer to: chmod 644 /home/admin/web/Example.com/public_html

@hestiacn commented on GitHub (May 3, 2024): Just in the root directory of your web page. There is no point in setting this up. Please refer to: chmod 644 /home/admin/web/Example.com/public_html

kerem commented

2026-03-02 16:01:13 +03:00

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@thomaslvz commented on GitHub (May 14, 2024):

Thanks for answering.
What you say does not seem right to me.
My web page is within /var/www/tinyfilemanager, my root directory is set to /var/www/tinyfilemanager/files.
If I do chmod -R 644 /var/www/tinyfilemanager/files my files are not visible from my web browser.
I did chmod -R 755 /var/www/tinyfilemanager/files , this seems to work now

@thomaslvz commented on GitHub (May 14, 2024): Thanks for answering. What you say does not seem right to me. My web page is within `/var/www/tinyfilemanager`, my root directory is set to `/var/www/tinyfilemanager/files`. If I do `chmod -R 644 /var/www/tinyfilemanager/files` my files are not visible from my web browser. I did `chmod -R 755 /var/www/tinyfilemanager/files` , this seems to work now

kerem commented

2026-03-02 16:01:13 +03:00

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@hestiacn commented on GitHub (May 14, 2024):

In fact, /tinyfilemanager can be set to lindex.php and it can become the default access file by directly opening the domain name.

@hestiacn commented on GitHub (May 14, 2024): In fact, /tinyfilemanager can be set to lindex.php and it can become the default access file by directly opening the domain name.