Guest Posted March 22, 2006 Posted March 22, 2006 Please could someone help with setting permissions. the error message i get is - Warning: I am able to write to the configuration file: /home/ukdiscos/public_html/ppds/includes/configure.php. This is a potential security risk - please set the right user permissions on this file. i don't know how to access this file. (soz......but i'm not the brightest spark) i use cPanel X as my server. Any jargon free help would be much appreciated. Thanks
Guest Posted March 22, 2006 Posted March 22, 2006 it'll depend on your ftp program. You could check http://support.discusware.com/center/resou...owto/chmod.html i've got dreamweaver and use site chmod 777 /folder/ inthe site FTP log
Guest Posted March 22, 2006 Posted March 22, 2006 Please could someone help with setting permissions.the error message i get is - Warning: I am able to write to the configuration file: /home/ukdiscos/public_html/ppds/includes/configure.php. This is a potential security risk - please set the right user permissions on this file. i don't know how to access this file. (soz......but i'm not the brightest spark) i use cPanel X as my server. Any jargon free help would be much appreciated. Thanks Thanks DJ - I've now done that but when I go to my cart, it still says the same error message
custodian Posted March 22, 2006 Posted March 22, 2006 Thanks DJ - I've now done that but when I go to my cart, it still says the same error message Ouch! There are subtle but vital differences in chmod'ing that close attention should be paid to. Folders should typically be 755 and in somecases 777 when chmoding chmod 755 ./folder This will chmod the folder itself chmod 755 ./folder/ <-- note the trailing slash This sets all the contents of the folder /folder/ to 755 as well. Files should always be 644 (rw-r--r-- Which means you can read and write and everyone else can just read) Your configure.php should be 444 (r--r--r--), therefore nothing can write to it, not even you unless you change the permissions first. Once the configure.php has been setup correctly you should never need to touch it again, so chmod 444 should be used and forgotten about. Now since you were using an FTP program, the worry of chmoding everything to 755 is most likely a mute subject. My Contributions Henry Smith
Guest Posted March 23, 2006 Posted March 23, 2006 thanks for the info custodian. I'm still really confused here. Would you or anybody be willing to take a look at it if I give access? thanks in advance
crme Posted March 24, 2006 Posted March 24, 2006 it'll depend on your ftp program. You could check http://support.discusware.com/center/resou...owto/chmod.html i've got dreamweaver and use inthe site FTP log Sorry to bother dj, but I can't figure out how to set permissions with the dreamweaver. How do you do it? What is the "inthe site FTP log"? If the dreamweaver is not right for this, is there any free software to do it in an easy way? I'd really appreciate. Thanks
spax Posted March 24, 2006 Posted March 24, 2006 Dreamweaver is a great bit of kit, but apparently it has some issues with FTP. I have never tried to use it for that so I wouldn't know. I use FTP Surfer, which is simple and free. I'm not sure if I can post the link, being as I had a post removed because of it. Just Google it or Free FTP and you will get lots back. I also use Smart FTP, which again is free. You should always use an FTP Client, to upload and change permissions. Not Dreamweaver!
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