# Any Folder which requires 777? **URL:** \ **Category:** Wowza Streaming Engine\ **Tags:** wowza-streaming-engine\ **Created:** [July 27, 2021, 11:51am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/any-folder-which-requires-777/93603 "2021-07-27T11:51:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Dan\_Donald](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/96bed5/32.png) [@Dan\_Donald](https://community.wowza.com/u/Dan_Donald)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2021, 11:51am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/any-folder-which-requires-777/93603/1 "2021-07-27T11:51:47Z")
Hi, sorry for my very first and maybe stupid question. I have a little Note / Docs which tells me to set following Cronjobs: ``` 0 * * * * chmod -R 777 /usr/local/WowzaStreamingEngine/applications/ 0 * * * * chmod -R 777 /usr/local/WowzaStreamingEngine/conf/ 1 */1 * * * chmod -R 777 /usr/local/WowzaStreamingEngine/logs/ ``` Is there any Reason for it, to be 777? I would never create such rights, except if its save and required. But i can’t imagine. Can’t i use 755 for Folders and 644 for the Files? Thank you in advance ---
**Author:** ![Rose\_Power-Wowza\_Com](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.wowza.com/rose_power-wowza_com/32/431_2.png) [@Rose\_Power-Wowza\_Com](https://community.wowza.com/u/Rose_Power-Wowza_Com)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2021, 7:00pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/any-folder-which-requires-777/93603/2 "2021-07-27T19:00:23Z")
Hello and welcome- that’s not stupid at all, it’s some advanced admin info. I’m confirming with tech support as far as the specific folders you mention. In the meantime, is this the doc you’re looking for? Change ownership and permissions on the Wowza Streaming Engine installation files. For example: ``` cd /usr/local chown -h wowza:wowza WowzaStreamingEngine chown -R wowza:wowza WowzaStreamingEngine-4.0.1 chmod -R 775 WowzaStreamingEngine-4.0.1 rm -f /var/run/WowzaStreamingEngine* ``` [https://www.wowza.com/docs/how-to-run-wowza-streaming-engine-as-a-named-user-linux-and-os-x](https://www.wowza.com/docs/how-to-run-wowza-streaming-engine-as-a-named-user-linux-and-os-x) ---
**Author:** ![Rose\_Power-Wowza\_Com](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.wowza.com/rose_power-wowza_com/32/431_2.png) [@Rose\_Power-Wowza\_Com](https://community.wowza.com/u/Rose_Power-Wowza_Com)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2021, 7:10pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/any-folder-which-requires-777/93603/3 "2021-07-27T19:10:49Z")
Tech support agrees that 777 is a bad idea. They suggest you do not change the default which is right now set as 757 for those directories. If you are really being told to change it to something else, the engineers suggest you send in a support ticket and discuss the reasons why. I hope this helps. ---
**Author:** ![Dan\_Donald](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/96bed5/32.png) [@Dan\_Donald](https://community.wowza.com/u/Dan_Donald)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2021, 7:35pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/any-folder-which-requires-777/93603/4 "2021-07-27T19:35:25Z")
Thank you for confirmation. I thought that. I will try with 757 instead of 755 though. ---
**Author:** ![Karel\_Boek](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.wowza.com/karel_boek/32/454_2.png) [@Karel\_Boek](https://community.wowza.com/u/Karel_Boek)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2021, 4:45pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/any-folder-which-requires-777/93603/5 "2021-07-28T16:45:17Z")
I’d stick with 755 or 775. If you do 757, you may as well do 777. And I don’t see why anyone else but the user/group needs full access to these folders.