How to protect htdocs files

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does anyone know how to make my htdocs folder files uneditable but can be copy because i want to make my web application secure so that people cant edit the contents inside my files.

Does anyone know how to do this? can be copy but uneditable.

What "people" are you concerned about at the end of your first sentence? Why would they have access to your server? — , Feb 28 '14 at 17:26

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 28 '14 at 16:52

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You can set the directory/file permissions to 755 (rwx r_x r_x)

answered Feb 28 '14 at 16:52

Iker Vázquez

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 28 '14 at 16:55

chown (change ownership) files/directories to another user than the user that runs the web server than chgrp (change group) that files to the webserver's group than set the permission for group the have a read access and strip the group to have all other unnecessary right.

How to protect htdocs files

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