RE: permissions on server

It's important to know what type of server you are on for the solution to
this one. Is it NT or Unix-like?

Jason Brett
ZigZag Internet Solutions
Powerful Solutions. Explosive Results.


> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-hwg-servers(at)hwg.org [mailto:owner-hwg-servers(at)hwg.org]On
> Behalf Of WebProgrmr(at)aol.com
> Sent: Friday, April 07, 2000 11:53 AM
> To: hwg-servers(at)hwg.org
> Subject: permissions on server
>
>
> I'm charged with managing the server for a very important client.
>  My latest
> tasks requires setting up a unique password for a single directory on the
> domain.  I've set up the directory, no problem.  But now I need
> to know how
> to give it a password so a third party can have access to that isolated
> directory.  I still want to maintain master access to this
> folder, of course.
>
> I've got Dreamweaver which has an FTP command prompt. What
> command(s) do I
> use?  I found one instance on newsgroups that mention doing this:
>
> site chmod (your permission) (your file or folder)
>
> Is this correct?  Would you translate it a bit... I'd like to
> learn what each
> word is doing so I know for a fact I'm doing what I want done.
>
> And while you're at it, plug in the correct text for me.  The
> server name is
> "seattlenetwork.com".  The directory is "nlimages".  For the
> purpose of this
> example, the password will be "password".  Before I go trying to
> do something
> I know nothing about, can teach me a little about what this?
>
> Thanks for your help. :)
> ++Dan
>

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