Re: Setting Permissions in CGI

At 11:14 AM 1/9/00 -0500, JON RYDBERG wrote:

Hello Jon!

Do you have Telnet access to your server?  I can't speak authoritatively on
WS FTP Pro, but I would guess that it isn't quite doing the CHMOD, at least
where the server is concerned, especially if you are running the CHMOD
command in batch mode as you upload.  I think WS FTP Pro tries to do too
much at one time.  Just my opinion, though.  Perhaps some of the FTP gurus
among us could tell you how to do it with FTP.  As for myself, I always set
my permissions from a Telnet prompt...this way, I am assured that they are
set correctly.  Matter of fact, after any CHMOD command that I do, I always
follow it with the "ls -al" command so that I can actually see how the
permissions are set from the file listing.

I run several virtual servers with several different providers, and the
determining factor in choozing any hosting package is the Telnet access.  I
don't know about the rest of the group, but I wouldn't retain a host that
didn't allow me that access.

HTH,

>Good Day All-
>
>I have a recurring problem regarding setting my permissions on files in
>the cgi-bin. I am using WS FTP Pro as my FTP app which makes it pretty
>simple to perform a chmod on the file. No matter what I set my
>permissions to in FTP Pro, they still do not work. The scripts can not
>be executed. 
>
>When I call my host, 9netave (No so hot on the support side by the way),
>I always get the same response..."you needed to set your permissions"
>and they do whatever ???? and it works.
>
>Any thoughts here.
>
>Am I really missing something.
>
>Please advise,
>Jon
>
>

Michael Jon Muehlendorf
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