Simple shell script to set file permissions for a Magento installation.

secure-magento

#!/bin/bash

if [ $# -lt 1 ]
then
    echo "Usage : $0 [dir]"
    exit
fi

chown -R dev:dev $1

find $1 -type d -exec chmod 755 {} \;
find $1 -type f -exec chmod 644 {} \;

find "$1/app/etc" -type d -exec chown dev:www-data {} \;
find "$1/app/etc" -type d -exec chmod 775 {} \;
find "$1/app/etc" -type f -exec chown dev:www-data {} \;
find "$1/app/etc" -type f -exec chmod 664 {} \;
find "$1/includes" -type d -exec chown dev:www-data {} \;
find "$1/includes" -type d -exec chmod 775 {} \;
find "$1/includes" -type f -exec chown dev:www-data {} \;
find "$1/includes" -type f -exec chmod 664 {} \;
find "$1/var" -type d -exec chown dev:www-data {} \;
find "$1/var" -type d -exec chmod 775 {} \;
find "$1/var" -type f -exec chown dev:www-data {} \;
find "$1/var" -type f -exec chmod 664 {} \;
find "$1/media" -type d -exec chown dev:www-data {} \;
find "$1/media" -type d -exec chmod 775 {} \;
find "$1/media" -type f -exec chown dev:www-data {} \;
find "$1/media" -type f -exec chmod 664 {} \;