# Hardening Craft CMS Permissions

DevFeed: [Hardening Craft CMS Permissions](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/hardening-craft-cms-permissions-31269.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://nystudio107.com/blog/hardening-craft-cms-permissions>)

Author: andrew@nystudio107.com (Andrew Welch)

Published: 2016-12-05T05:42:00Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [nystudio107 | Articles on modern web development.](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/nystudio107-articles-on-modern-web-development.md>)

Topics: [Content Management System](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cms.md>), [Security](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/security.md>), [Authorization](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/authorization.md>), [file](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/file.md>), [POSIX](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/posix.md>), [Unix](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/unix.md>), [Server](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/server.md>), [nginx](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/nginx.md>), [Livewire](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/livewire.md>)

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## AI overview

A tutorial on hardening Craft CMS by configuring strict Unix file permissions that allow required webserver operations while limiting unauthorized modification and containing potential security exploit damage.

## Source excerpt

An important part of hardening Craft CMS from a security point of view is getting the file permissions right