777 is too much!

[MilchstrabeStern]

I cant really do much, like batch adding or anything cause my permissions for public_html can not be 777, thats a huge security risk for a website. My folder for coppermine and everything  within in it is 777. But public_html is 750, what can i do?

[Tranz]

Try 755

[MilchstrabeStern]

Tried it, wont work, no picture shows up on the right when i try doing bath add files. So i follow the broken link like it says, and the php error i get is:

Warning: imagejpeg(): Unable to open 'albums/2003/ASUbigimages/thumb_ASU_03ASU005.jpg' for writing in /home/mplionhe/public_html/photoadmin/include/picmgmt.inc.php on line 218

Warning: chmod(): No such file or directory in /home/mplionhe/public_html/photoadmin/include/picmgmt.inc.php on line 224

Warning: getimagesize(albums/2003/ASUbigimages/thumb_ASU_03ASU005.jpg): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/mplionhe/public_html/photoadmin/include/picmgmt.inc.php on line 226
Unable to create thumbnail or reduced size image.

[CapriSkye]

i found this interesting post by unknown at smf, maybe you want to read it.
http://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?topic=2987.0

[MilchstrabeStern]

This helps, somewhat, but still should I make my public_html folder 777 or not? Cause that seems to be the only way I can get around this issues.

[Casper]

No you don't have to make your public_html folder 777.

Just the albums folder, and all folders in it.  Also, during install, the include folder. 

This is not a security risk, if it was, we would have hundreds of complaints of sites being hacked through coppermine.  We have NONE.

[sNiXx]

I get the same problems:

Warning: imagejpeg(): Unable to open 'albums/xxx/thumb_yyy.JPG' for writing in /home/www/web117/html/Gallery/cpg133/include/picmgmt.inc.php on line 218

Warning: getimagesize(): Unable to access albums/xxx/thumb_yyy.JPG in /home/www/web117/html/Gallery/cpg133/include/picmgmt.inc.php on line 226

Warning: getimagesize(albums/xxx/thumb_yyy.JPG): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/www/web117/html/Gallery/cpg133/include/picmgmt.inc.php on line 226
Kann Thumbnail nicht erzeugen.

I thought the problem might be CHMOD, but I can't change it for the folders I made myself:

500-'SITE CHMOD 777 xxx' not understood.
500 SITE not understood.

All other folders are 777

[Joachim Müller]

ask your webhost how to chmod then.