Permissions changes with FTP and a Mac

[oldstumpy]

I am using Dreamweaver on a Mac to FTP my files. I cannot right click the files to change permissions ... as us Mac users only have one button ! Anyway, control clicking usually does the same but in this case no option to change permissions or chmod (what is this by the way ?)

 

I can change permissions through my server Cpanel but only by taking USER, GROUP, and OTHER then checking READ, WRITE, and/or EXEC beside each one. I remember having to do this with a PHPBB I installed sometime ago.

 

Can someone tell me what 644, 777, etc equates to by checking the relevant permissions against the type of user.

 

Many thanks

[AlanR]

Here's a chmod calculator http://www.ninjasuit.com/scripts/script.php?script_id=63

 

There's lots of ftp programs, free and otherwise for Mac that allow you to change permissions.

[oldstumpy]

Thanks - that's exactly what I needed.

 

Can anyone reccomend a good (freeware) ftp client for the Mac ? DW MX is very good for file management but a tad sluggish in performance.

 

Thanks again.

[AlanR]

What Mac OS version are you running?

[Guest]

Thanks - that's exactly what I needed.

 

Can anyone reccomend a good (freeware) ftp client for the Mac ? DW MX is very good for file management but a tad sluggish in performance.

 

Thanks again.

Captain FTP is the best IMHO....not sure it's still free since I had heard rumors they were going commercial......but I have used it for years and still do to this day. they have an OS X version.....