chmod files
 

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?

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

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.