n-Track folder on my server

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Any quick tips on allowing open access to a folder on my server before I have to call my host for help?

I want to open this folder to everyone.

my n-Track ‘stuff’

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Maybe copy it to another folder called ‘Public’ with r/w privilege so
you don’t get your original screwed up.

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It looks like a unix server so you just need to chmod it to rw-r–r-- (ie change the permissions to it)

Is that what you wanted to know or did I miss the point?

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Yea Mark - I’ve never changed any of that. (wonder where I do that? :laugh: )

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You can do it in your FTP software (try right-clicking to folder and seeing if there is a “permissions” option. Or you can sometimes do it in the control panel software for your web host. Only takes a moment to do when you know what to do.

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Thanks Mark - I have a ton of help images on there I’d like to open up for folks to peek at.

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I’ve got “Core FTP Lite” on this laptop, and when I’m connected to my web host I right-click and select “properties”.

Unix organises it’s permissions for “Owner”, “Group” and “world”. Every file has an owner and can belong to a group (to which users belong). “World” is everyone else.

You can then set the permissions to each one of the three areas.

Each has “rwx” - read, write and execute. So three sets of that define the permissions for that file/folder.

Sometimes this is written out in numbers (where x=1, w=2, r=4) so each permssion can be represented as a number; three numbers for the whole file. eg “400” is read only for owner. “644” is read/write for owner, and read-only for group and world. And “666” is, well, you figure :slight_smile:

The “x” - execute - allows executable files to run, and if my memory serves correctly allows directories to be searched. So “777” would be full access to everything :slight_smile:

I suspect you want to add “r” permissions to “world”, and maybe “x” too. 775

HTH

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I’ve been using ftp surfer for so long - I might try what you’re using.

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Quote: (Poppa Willis @ Jan. 20 2009, 10:05 PM)

I've been using ftp surfer for so long - I might try what you're using.

I've just d/l your FTP client and tried it. It works just fine. Connect to your site, find and select your folder in the right-hand pane. Then use "tools"-->"change permissions".
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I downloaded Core - I remember it now. I’ll set up a new pic folder and open it up hopefully by tomorrow.
Thanks again Mark.

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Quote: (Poppa Willis @ Jan. 20 2009, 10:20 PM)

I downloaded Core - I remember it now. I'll set up a new pic folder and open it up hopefully by tomorrow.
Thanks again Mark.

You're welcome.