Things to know about File Permissions for Dolphin

I dont know how far i am going to get with this, but i have some questions, information, and concerns about some of the file permissions for Dolphin/Ray/Orca.

First and most annoying is the fact that you have this large number of files that you must chmod to 777 and 666, then you only reverse that after you are installed on SIX (6) files. why would we just not write the installation to have all the correct permissions and after installation, change the six files permissions.

Now for the other problem with this, the overall abundant number of Directories with 777 permissions. This is a hackers paradise if they ever locate your server. A safe secure server will not go any higher than 755. This is good security measure, and at some point i think this will be an industry standard. who knows .

I am not sure of the difference in permissions for the ad free and the free version of Dolphin, but i intend on finding out. I have been learning diligently for about three months now, and i find it intriguing to say the least. I know many people who are trying to run this script, give up out of frustration. I think this script has a long way to go before its a mainstream social network site, it does have potential though. just seems to me there are more concerned about earning a few bux on their modifications, than they are with helping the "community" get up and running with the basics. Not that Dolphin has anything basic

It appears i am on a rant, and i suppose i am, but thats what blogs are for. You can rant all day long and if nobody gives two shits then they wont read it.

I have done something that i hope somebody finds useful and helpful. I have went through the installation of Dolphin ad-free 6.0.003 and listed the file permissions as they appear on the site with the exception of one or two, as a easier means of changing all these permissions. you will have to use PuTTY or some other root terminal to utilize what i have done and what i know works.

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chmod -v 777 ./backup ./cache ./groups/gallery ./groups/orca/cachejs ./groups/orca/log ./inc ./langs ./media/images ./media/images/banners ./media/images/blog ./media/images/classifieds ./media/images/gallery ./media/images/profile
chmod -v 777 ./media/images/profile_bg ./media/images/promo ./media/images/sdating ./media/images/sharingImages ./media/sound ./media/video ./orca/cachejs ./orca/log ./periodic ./tmp ./ray/modules/im/files ./ray/modules/mp3/files
chmod -v 777  ./ray/modules/board/files ./ray/modules/movie/files ./ray/modules/music/files ./ray/modules/global/app/ffmpeg.exe 
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END OF 777 CHMOD
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Begin 666 CHMOD
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FILES note this is in increments on the console
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chmod -v 666 ./inc/menu_content.inc.php ./inc/params.inc.php ./periodic/cmd.php ./periodic/notifies.php ./periodic/tags.php
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RAY FILES
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chmod -v 666 ./ray/modules/global/xml/config.xml ./ray/modules/global/xml/main.xml ./ray/modules/board/xml/config.xml ./ray/modules/board/xml/langs.xml ./ray/modules/board/xml/main.xml ./ray/modules/board/xml/skins.xml
chmod -v 666 ./ray/modules/chat/xml/config.xml ./ray/modules/chat/xml/langs.xml ./ray/modules/chat/xml/main.xml ./ray/modules/chat/xml/skins.xml
chmod -v 666 ./ray/modules/im/xml/config.xml ./ray/modules/im/xml/langs.xml
chmod -v 666 ./ray/modules/im/xml/main.xml ./ray/modules/im/xml/skins.xml ./ray/modules/movie/xml/config.xml ./ray/modules/movie/xml/langs.xml ./ray/modules/movie/xml/main.xml
chmod -v 666 ./ray/modules/movie/xml/skins.xml ./ray/modules/mp3/xml/config.xml ./ray/modules/mp3/xml/langs.xml ./ray/modules/mp3/xml/main.xml ./ray/modules/mp3/xml/skins.xml ./ray/modules/music/xml/config.xml
chmod -v 666 ./ray/modules/music/xml/langs.xml ./ray/modules/music/xml/main.xml ./ray/modules/music/xml/skins.xml ./ray/modules/presence/xml/config.xml ./ray/modules/presence/xml/langs.xml ./ray/modules/presence/xml/main.xml
chmod -v 666 ./ray/modules/presence/xml/skins.xml ./ray/modules/video/xml/config.xml ./ray/modules/video/xml/langs.xml ./ray/modules/video/xml/main.xml
chmod -v 666 ./ray/modules/video/xml/skins.xml ./ray/modules/desktop/xml/config.xml ./ray/modules/desktop/xml/langs.xml ./ray/modules/desktop/xml/main.xml ./ray/modules/desktop/xml/skins.xml ./ray/modules/global/inc/header.inc.php
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This is where we begin the reverse of the chmods we have done
chmod 755
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chmod -v 755 ./inc ./periodic

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chmod 644
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chmod -v 644 ./periodic/cmd.php ./periodic/notifies.php ./periodic/tags.php ./ray/modules/global/inc/header.inc.php


for those of you who are wondering why in the hell this is incremented out, well because i was not very bright and was using a GUI when i first started doing the file permission changes, and it only allowed a certain number of characters. then i figured out that i could actually copy and paste into the Terminal using PuTTY. This is a lot of typing and i just havent made the changes to it yet. I know that mr powless has posted the actual files and the permissions on the forumz and this may seem to be a redundant post, but actually, the way this is structured, this is and should remain in the wrapped format, that way you can copy and paste the line either in a GUI command line, or straight to PuTTY and it has the command the permission you are looking for on the one line.

i just realized something, that this forum may have a character limit, so i better stop here before i type too many characters just to find out that its a few hundred outside the allowed parameter.

will continue later if i continue at all.

later,
DosDawg