[Bug 614195] Re: Apache2 UserDir defaults to User www-data

[Adam Conrad]

Giving the web server (under www-data or any other user) complete write
access to Wordpress is not a good idea, regardless.  The installation
docs even go in depth to tell you how to temporarily make the config
file writeable (say, chmod 666 config.php) so you can run the config
script, then tell you to undo that afterward.

Why do you think having write access to your scripts is a reasonable and
"correct" setup that we should be shipping out of the box?

(Yes, sometimes you want an upload directory, tmp-style, for certain
CMSes, again, you can chmod just those directories, no need to have your
entire web root writable by a web server)

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Apache2 UserDir defaults to User www-data
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/614195
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