chmod 777 vulnerabilities...

[daylight]

So I got coppermine installed with no problems at all, easy as.
So I had to chmod 777 a few directories during install.
My questions is -
So does all this just stay world writtable forever in order for coppermine to work?  should i go back and chmod those directories to 755 or something?

[Nibbler]

That would depend on how your server is set up. 755 is only appropriate in configurations where the server runs as you. It is safe to experiment with the setting - if Coppermine breaks you can just reverse whatever change you made. Once installed, Coppermine only needs write access to the albums directory and all its subdirectories.

See also: http://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?topic=2987.0