Resolved File permissions on HTML websites?

[Richard Follett]

I have a folder that contains all my HTML websites (WP sites in seperate folder).

So my logic is to change the file permissions on this folder to READ only as that is all is required.. But when I do this the site cannot be viewed.. why do I need write & Execute ?

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Is it possible to do what I want?

 

[24x7cloudservermanagement]

well , you can try changing the permissions and then see the error message and the error logs. It will give you an idea of why you need such write and execute permissions.

 

[Richard Follett]

good idea! - so this is the error

[crit] (13)Permission denied: /var/www/vhosts/-------------.htaccess pcfg_openfile: unable to check htaccess file, ensure it is readable, referer: Google

I dont have an .htaccess file - not sure I need one for my HTML websites, do i?

 

[Richard Follett]

did this in the end - seems to work

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