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Installing Scripts - Don't be Scared!
By Sean Burns
2003-10-14
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CHMOD
Now this process may be called CHMOD in your instructions - it can be done if you telnet into your site and use Unix commands. If you are new to this, you probably have no idea what this means but don't worry, you can change permissions on your files with an ftp program like the two I mentioned above and probably most others. In CuteFTP, you just right click on the file you want to alter and select CHMOD from the menu - I think WS_FTP works the same way. CuteFTP allows you to just type in the number (i.e. 777). You will see that there are three types of permissions - owner, group and public. To help out CHMOD 777 is read, write and execute for all, 755 is read all, write for owner only and execute for all and 666 is read and write for all.
On some occasions, there will also be a configuration file that you need to make changes to. This will often be a file with a .cfg extension. Your instructions may tell you to change some things here - just follow the instructions and you will be fine. This is usually just paths to the scripts, e-mail addresses and so on. By the way, the path to your script is the full system path - this will usually show up in your ftp window. Ask your hosts if you don't know what it is.
If you found this article interesting, you may want to read these as well:
» How To Install A CGI Script
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