Re: Site access permissions

if this is on a unix box you may need to use the chmod


chmod 755 filename

Mr. Cates

----- Original Message -----
From: "Steven Antonio" <santonio(at)delanet.com>
To: "hwg-basics" <hwg-basics(at)hwg.org>
Sent: Wednesday, April 12, 2000 9:28 AM
Subject: Re: Site access permissions


> Matt,
>
> A few things could be the problem:
>
> 1. The ISP hosting the site could be having problems.
>
> 2. The account for your client has not been properly setup.
>
> 3. Your files could have been FTP'ed to the wrong directory of the
account.
>
> 4. Forgive me for this question as I don't know just how new you are at
> this, but did you name the home page correctly. Most ISP's setup their
> webservers to key on a specific filename for any url (address) it
receives.
> Most ISP's key on the names: index.html, index.htm, or both. So, for
> example, when some goes to the address www.wyvernhotel.co.uk, and the ISP
is
> like most ISP's, they are really being taken to
> www.wyvernhotel.co.uk/index.htm or www.wyvernhotel.co.uk/index.html
(unless
> you have a redirect, but that's another story).  If the directory doesn't
> contain that filename, you will get the message you are seeing. This is
done
> for security reasons, otherwise the user would get a listing of all the
> files in your account and would be able to 'poke' around.  This way they
see
> only what you want them to.
>
> Steve Antonio
> santonio(at)delanet.com
>
>  ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Matt Savage" <mtsavage(at)hotmail.com>
> To: <hwg-basics(at)mail.hwg.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, April 12, 2000 7:46 AM
> Subject: Site access permissions
>
>
> > Help! I've just started up a business part time with a friend of mine.
As
> a
> > first project we set up a little web site for a local hotel. I handed it
> > over to the client who used Cute ftp to upload it on to the server.
> Excited
> > to see my first work published I went to the site (using IE5) to be
> > presented with this message:
> >
> > "You are not authorized to view this page
> >
> > You might not have permission to view this directory or page using the
> > credentials you supplied."
> >
> > I have got a few people to try to access it, with similar results.
> >
> > Any ideas what's going on here? I presume it's something on the ISP's
> side.
> >
> > FYI, the url is www.wyvernhotel.co.uk
> >
> > TIA
> >
> > -Matt
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> >
> >
>
>

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