How do I set permissions?

[zuckerwar]

I just installed osCommerce and the directions (I printed the whole 114 pages) tell me to "set the permissions on /catalog/images directory to 777."

 

I can locate the file, but how exactly to I set the permissions? Is this something I do in mySQL? Or can it be done from the admin panel?

 

Thanks!

[♥Vger]

The easiest way to set permissions is to go to your Web Hosting Control Panel and use the File Manager.

 

If your site is hosted on an Apache server with a Unix/Linux operating system then you can do it via FTP also. FTP to your site, go to the file, right-click on it and find the CHMOD link.

 

Vger

[zuckerwar]

The easiest way to set permissions is to go to your Web Hosting Control Panel and use the File Manager.

 

If your site is hosted on an Apache server with a Unix/Linux operating system then you can do it via FTP also. FTP to your site, go to the file, right-click on it and find the CHMOD link.

 

Vger

 

OK, thanks for that. I right-clicked on the file but I don't know what a CHMOD link is. Under "properties" there is a permissions table which has read/write/execute check boxes for owner/group/all users. I can change the permissions using these check boxes, but I don't see any way to enter the "644" code?

[♥Vger]

644 is Owner - Read and Write, Group and Users just Read.

 

777 is Read, Write and Execute for all of them.

 

Vger

[AlanR]

Under "properties" there is a permissions table which has read/write/execute check boxes for owner/group/all users. I can change the permissions using these check boxes, but I don't see any way to enter the "644" code?

Play around with this and you'll understand.

 

http://ninjasuit.com/scripts/script.php?script_id=63

[zuckerwar]

Play around with this and you'll understand.

 

http://ninjasuit.com/scripts/script.php?script_id=63

 

Vger, AlanR thanks for your help!