will chmod 755 on data cause a problem?

I have had no choice but to chmod every folder 755 that was previously 777 because I keep getting uploaded shells to my server in these folders. Anyway will this cause me a problem having the vbseo_sitemap/data folder chmod 755?

Hello,

0777 is required to allow write access to data/ folder. Just make sure that you have .htaccess file in that folder with the line that denies access via http to it:

Code:

deny from all

Okay thanks, also I noticed I have an old file called sitemap.txt.gz in my forums folder, it was last modified in 2006. should I just delete that? or is that still needed?

You can remove that file.