Chmod

[YouUploadIt]

when ever i try to install ipb latest version it says CHMOD conf.php to 077?

How do you do that????:crying5:

Thanks mate.:classic2:

[Tree]

What FTP program are you using? Are you sure it didn't say to CHMOD the files to 777?

[YouUploadIt]

I use ie ftp,

·Cannot write to the file '../cache/skin_cache/'. Please CHMOD to 0777.

[Tree]

I don't think that it is possible to CHMOD things in IE's FTP program. Use Filezilla (http://www.snapfiles.com/get/filezilla.html).

[~GURU~]

you could use FLashfxp to too! really great proggy!

[YouUploadIt]

but question is how do you chmod it like what is chmod anyways??????

I am such a noob lol

[Tree]

For those of you who don't know what CHMOD is, I'm here to tell you.

The chmod command to change the access mode of a file. chmod is a Unix command that lets you tell the system how much (or little) access it should permit to a file. Here is just some of the access modes on a *NIX system:

01000000 temporary file
02000000 compressed file
04000000 sparse file
4000 Hidden file (setuid bit)
2000 System file (setgid bit)
1000 Archive bit (sticky bit)
0400 Individual read
0200 Individual write
0100 Individual execute (or list directory)
0040 Group read
0020 Group write
0010 Group execute
0004 Other read
0002 Other write
0001 Other execute

On hosting accounts, you will usually have something like: 777, or 666. The first number is the owner, second is a group, and the third is everybody. The numbers are

* 0 = Deny all
* 1 = Execute Only
* 2 = Write Only
* 3 = Execute and Write
* 4 = Read Only
* 5 = Read and Execute
* 6 = Read and Write
* 7 = Allow All
So 144 means that only the owner can execute the file, but everyone else can read it. That's a brief breakdown of CHMOD.

[~GURU~]

okay if you downlaod flashfxp then you enter your ftp>public_html>conf.php

you right click on conf.php and click on CHMOD (attributes)

CHMOD is giving the files certain qaulities therfore the rights to what can bbe done with it and by whom.
CHOMDing it to 777(a.k.a. 0777) will make it accesable for every to execute the file.

This is needed cause you need to install your forum or scripts that you are trying to install

[DanTheMan]

u can also do the same in smartftp (freeprogram) just right click the file/dictionary and click chmod settings....

[themoose]

or you can use cPanel file manager. Click the file and choose 'set permissions'

[ryza]

you could also use ssh if your host is providing it.
http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/

chmod -R 777 folder #set permissions of all files in a folder, including the folder
chmod 777 file #set permission of file.
cd dir #change to another directory
ls #list files in dir

I find is alot easier/quicker to chmod multiple files with ssh...