Posted by Shelly on 11/09/88 11:19

Thanks, but I do understand the file permissions on a Unix system (I have
worked in Unix) and I do not have shell access to the hosting server. All I
have is the interface they supply, which does allow me to change
permissions, but not owners.

I have no way of determining what the "user name" for the Apache is -- and I
surmise that is who the user must be on the server.

I agree that opening it with 777 is bad. I used 755.

Shelly

"Erwin Moller"
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> Shelly wrote:
>
>> I found out how to get the permissions on the directories. They were set
>> to
>> RE for group and others. Owner, webmaster, had RWE. Giving RWE to group
>> didn't do anything. Giving RWE to others didn't do anything.
>>
>> Shelly
>>
>
>
> Hi,
>
> I don't know about schieldhost.com, so I cannot help there.
>
> I could try to help you to open up the directory (chmod 777 style, which
> is
> bad), but it is really better you know what you are doing, so you can fix
> this yourself in future.
> I suggest you read up a little on filepermission on Linux/GNU systems.
> (links follow)
>
> Do you have shell access to the computer where this material is located??
> Can you start anything like BASH, SH, etc??
> Or telnet?
>
> If you have: log in and use commands like
> ls -l
> chown
> etc..
>
> Have a look at some online documentation, eg here is some from redhat:
>
> https://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/linux/RHL-8.0-Manual/getting-started-guide/
> look under: 11. Shell Prompt Basics
> and click Ownership and Permissions
>
> or if you have the time: read the whole chapter 11.
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Regards,
> Erwin Moller

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