Chmod Help!


 
Thread Tools Search this Thread
Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers Chmod Help!
# 1  
Old 08-08-2001
Data Chmod Help!

Here is the deal, I am good with html and java and am creating a website for my brother. On this site he has chosen to use a ikonboard.com discussion board. I have done everything I can to pull it off, but no can do. Here is the problem:
The site is being created using the angelfire webshell. The discussion board instructions ask me to set the CHMOD to 0777. Now I have been able to figure out anything I have set my mind to doing for this site accept this. I have no idea what to do with myself because I have never used unix, just html, java, and other common languages. If someone would please steer me in the right direction I would be forever thankful. Bottom line is, I need to know how to change the mode and that is all! So take pity on an inexperienced unixer and help a brotha out. thank you for any help.

-Brian
Smilie
# 2  
Old 08-08-2001
MySQL

Brian,

Just type
chmod 777 <filename>
at the command prompt. This will do.

Hope this solves your problem buddy...

Jay.
# 3  
Old 08-08-2001
Heh, don't forget the filename...

chmod 777 {filename goes here}

But I'm not sure if I understand correctly... are you creating the page on Angelfire? If so, that won't work, because you don't have shell access... In that case, brush up on a few simple Unix command (search around here to find lots of resources), and head on over to telnet://sdf.lonestar.org to make yourself an account. Check out the FAQ there to activate your webspace... While you're there, feel free to send them some money to cover their costs. Or not.

# 4  
Old 08-08-2001
Bug im getting there

ok, i understand that i need to do this through the connection. I understand most of the codes but the one thing i dont understand is how do i access my directories that are in angelfire. I need to know how to control those directories and files from the unix connection. Thanks for your help.

-BrianSmilie
# 5  
Old 08-09-2001

Yup, that'll be a problem. To the best of my knowledge, Angelfire does not allow Unix shell access. That would mean that your discussion board may not work on Angelfire at all. I may be mistaken, but I doubt that they'd do the installation for you...

# 6  
Old 08-09-2001
Computer Switch

ok, well now i have changed from angelfire to builder 2.0 file manager. so what u think bout that? Can you tell me what i can do off that and how i can work that, if at all possible?Smilie
# 7  
Old 08-09-2001

Hmm, I'm not familiar with that... The main point is that to chmod a file, you need shell access on the server. Can you get webspace somewhere that gives you a telnet login?
 
Login or Register to Ask a Question

Previous Thread | Next Thread

10 More Discussions You Might Find Interesting

1. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

chmod

Hi I tried to use chmod in unix to change my file's permission. chmod 701 hello.cgi And it did change my desired file's permission. Yet, the name of the file is changed to hello.cgi* . And therefore I cannot compile it after that. So, I just wondering why there is an extra '*' in the file's... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: alvin8906
2 Replies

2. UNIX and Linux Applications

What is the difference between chmod in solaris and chmod in Linux?

i think it is the same in both... Iam i right? (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: sumaiya
1 Replies

3. UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users

chmod question

I have two files,like follows: $ls -l foo bar -rw------- bar -rw-rw-rw- foo Then I execute follow code: chmod("foo",(statbuf.st_mode & ~S_IXGRP) | S_ISGID) chmod("bar",S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR | S_IRGRP | S_IROTH) Then I view the result $ls -l foo bar -rw-r--r-- bar... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: konvalo
1 Replies

4. Shell Programming and Scripting

help with chmod (files only)

hello, i want to chmod 444 all files in a directory, files in subdirs cannot be chmoded same goes for the subdirs themself. So using: chmod -R 444 /dir/ won't work because it will chmod the directorys and files (together with files in subdirectorys) I figured out how to chmod files... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: TehOne
1 Replies

5. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

CHMOD problems... Help!

Hey. I was playing somethink with chmods, and then i did chmod -R 755 / :eek: so linux but with errors and sshd not working .... Can some one give me proper chmods or better script that will do it. pls help fast (7 Replies)
Discussion started by: net555
7 Replies

6. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

CHMOD Question

I've always been fascinated by permissions and I have a question. Since the shell isn't a "virtual environment" (like say a web forum, where permissions can be enforced with absolute confidence), what's actually keeping an unauthorized user from viewing a CHMODed file? The read/write routines? Why... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: froth
1 Replies

7. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

CHMOD query

Hi peeps, I'm new here, so I hope I'm posting in the right place... If I'm in a particular directory and I run the command 'CHMOD * 777' (or the other way around- I can't remember), am I right in saying it will only change the permissions of all the immediate files and directories and not... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: jsp_1983
1 Replies

8. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

chmod...

Hey everyone, I was wondering if there was a quicker way to chmod a lot of files than doing what im currently doing. At the moment, im doing chmod 777 *filename* - but I have a lot of files, sub-directories, sub-files etc etc. And at the moment I see I have to chmod every single file... (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: mo0ness
3 Replies

9. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

chmod

Hi, can anybody help me? i have probable a simple problem about permissions. i have a server and on this server there comes some files from a another server via ftp with a separte user. i would like to modify the files with a awk script but i donīt have the permissions to modify the... (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: scotty
3 Replies

10. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

CHMOD Help!!

Ok, listen.........I was using FTP Works to remove and add some files to a domain server. I messed with chmod button and made it so that no-one could access or their browsers could execute files and 2 or three certain directories. If anyone knows how to use this command and will give me a heads up... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: jarrell
2 Replies
Login or Register to Ask a Question