Permissions and .htaccess

[HansD]

Thank you, but unfortunately this doesn't work for me either. I'll ask my provider if running PHP in CGI mode is allowed at all, and if so, whether "AddHandler php-cgi .php" is the correct command. Assuming running in CGI mode will solve my problems, that is. If I understand other threads on this forum well, the point is that uploaded files are owned by the FTP user and files created by GS are owned by "daemon".

My provider is going to migrate my site to a server which supports FastCGI. That might just do the trick - I'll let you know.