define pages and CHMOD not cooperating

[Justwade]

1.27d

I am trying to set up security on my hope to be live soon site.

I went to /includes/languages/english/html_includes and CHMOD (the permissions) from 777 to 644, (the whole html_includes and everything inside.)

After doing this, on the website, the defineable text pages gives a warning such as below;

Warning: main(includes/languages/english/html_includes/define_main_page.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/#######/public_html/catalog/includes/templates/template_default/templates/tpl_index_default.php on line 42

Warning: main(includes/languages/english/html_includes/define_main_page.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/#######/public_html/catalog/includes/templates/template_default/templates/tpl_index_default.php on line 42

Warning: main(includes/languages/english/html_includes/define_main_page.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/#######/public_html/catalog/includes/templates/template_default/templates/tpl_index_default.php on line 42

Fatal error: main(): Failed opening required 'includes/languages/english/html_includes/define_main_page.php' (include_path='.:/usr/lib/php:/usr/local/lib/php') in /home/#######/public_html/catalog/includes/templates/template_default/templates/tpl_index_default.php on line 42

If I "only CHMOD my_template" folder to 644, then the default text will come up ok.

Could someone please explain to me how I can secure the difine pages with a 644 permission?

1.27d version

[Justwade]

I been doing some experimenting and found-

If you CHMOD your "my_template" directory as 644, it will not load the edited text as per my prior post.

But you can CHMOD 644 all the define pages files "in" the directory. I CHMOD all define pages as 644 including those in classic and default for security overkill, but left all the directories as 777.

Appears to work OK, if I left a security hole out there, please, someone let me know.

[DrByte]

Typical secure settings are:

directories at 755
files at 644

[Justwade]

Thank you DrByte,

Fixed all those directories to 755. I's lerned somethin nuuw tooday.

[seethrou]

Some background had given from Ajeh in other thread.

edititing define pages problems from admin

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