chmod files

[NuclioN]

A disaster has happened. The provider had a major crash, i had a crash that forced me to format the disc. I have a recent backup but i don't know how to proceed with the process of putting the forum in it's old shape. The sql file is 74 mb. I think this could be done with putty (mysqldump etc) but the files...i have no idea. I remember that some hacks require chmod 755 or 777. Is it save to chmod all dirs and files 777?

[filburt1]

It's very dangerous to chmod any file to 777 (allow write and execute for everybody), let alone all files.

But, if you like that sort of thing:

chmod 777 *

...is the command, I believe. It will not recurse subdirectories.

[NuclioN]

At this moment i'm uploading in auto modus (ws_ftp) the sql file and it's going slow. Maybe i can begin with chmod 755 and if that doesn't work 777. What is the default chmod condition of vb php files? If i know that i can skip those and focus on the additional php files. I also want to protect the admin dir with htaccess.