Permission errors in ssh

edonkee 2021-01-10 12:35:04 UTC #1

Keywords: WordPress - Google Cloud Platform - Technical issue - Permissions
bnsupport ID: 31998131/31998131
Description:
Up until today this worked as normal.

When I defined https in wp-config.php I would open ssh and write:

sudo chmod 777 /opt/bitnami/apps/wordpress/htdocs
sudo /opt/bitnami/ctlscript.sh restart apache

I would then edit wp-config.php

I would then sudo chmod 640 /opt/bitnami/apps/wordpress/htdocs
sudo /opt/bitnami/ctlscript.sh restart apache

All was good.

Today when I needed to do it today I just get a 403 forbidden. When I put the permissions to either 777 or 775 the site and WP Amin load fine.

640 I thought was read, meaning people can visit the site fine.

Can anyone tell me the correct permissions so that the site is fine and secure please?

Many thanks in advance

edonkee 2021-01-10 13:05:17 UTC #2

Follow up. when I set wp-config.php back to 640 all is fine. What number should htdocs be? I uploaded google search console html via ftp. I changed htdocs to 777 to allow upload I then changed htdocs back to 640 and this is where the 403 comes in.

What number should htdocs be set bacvk to? If I click on htdocs folder in filezilla look at attributes the permissions are currently 777. I believe this is not sensible to leave as is?