Still don't understand file upload-folder permissions

Question

I have checked out articles and tutorials.

I don\'t know what to do about the security of my picture upload-folder.

It is pictures for classifieds which should b

Answer 1

One possibility for why it only works with 777 permissions might be if you are running SELinux. It's possible that it is preventing the write. I would have thought though that it would have prevented it even with the 777 permsissions but I'm no SELinux expert.