[Solved] SoftException in Application.cpp:267: File “/home/…/public_html/index.php” is writeable by group

You might have come across the following error in your cPanel error log  :

SoftException in Application.cpp:267: File “/home/username/public_html/foldername/index.php” is writeable by group

The issue is due to folder and files permission not properly set and cPanel not allowing them to run on user end.

To fix this issue, simply login into server (we need SSH access to resolve this) and run the following 2 commands :


cd /home/username/public_html


Replace username by your user.


find foldername -type d -exec chmod 755 {} \;


find foldername -type f -exec chmod 644 {} \;


Replace ‘foldername’ by your project folder or if your files are in root directory of public_html then use public_html folder name.

The first command here modified the permission for the folders and second one help in fixing the files permission.

Voila ! Now try running your application and it should be working fine.