Permissions on (top level) index.php - MediaWiki-l

14 Apr 2013


      Mediwiki 1.20.3 (new install and copies)
Apache 2.2.23
PHP 5.4.11
WMH/cPanel on Centos 6
mysql 5.1.68-cll
I am moving a few Mediawiki installations from an old server to a new 
server (same OS) and I thought everything would would work out of the 
box. But I get a 500 error. In the logs I find......
root@xxxx [xxxxpublic_html/mw]# [Sun Apr 14 10:13:26 2013] [error] 
[client 86.56.93.42] SoftException in Application.cpp:256: File 
"/home/xxxx/public_html/mw/index.php" is writeable by group
"chmod g-w index.php"    does the trick.
But then I try an installation....
root@xxx  [/home/xxxx/public_html/mw/mw-config]# [Sun Apr 14 10:30:39 
2013] [error] [client 86.56.93.42] SoftException in Application.cpp:601: 
Directory "/home/xxxx/public_html/mw/mw-config" is writeable by group, 
referer: http://www.xxxxx.uk/mw/
So, now I am confused.... help sought!
Gordo