Re: newbie public_html directory requires chmod -R 755 constantly?

2001-01-03 Thread Ethan Benson
On Tue, Jan 02, 2001 at 02:52:41PM -0700, Stefan Harris wrote: Hello everyone! I'm new here, so be gentle. Whenever a change is made to anything in the public_html directory, I must chmod -R 755 public_html pedant you don't need to use 755 as the mode for everything, what you need

newbie public_html directory requires chmod -R 755 constantly?

2001-01-02 Thread Stefan Harris
Hello everyone! I'm new here, so be gentle. Whenever a change is made to anything in the public_html directory, I must chmod -R 755 public_html before those files can be accessed from the web. I am so new at this, but I am sure there is a way to make this directory 755 permanently,

Re: newbie public_html directory requires chmod -R 755 constantly?

2001-01-02 Thread Rick
What you probably want is umask. What it does is set the default permissions of files you create. In my /etc/profile is the line: umask 022 It can also be set in your .profile. you can check what your current setting is by umask So when I create a file, it would normally be created as 666 but

Re: newbie public_html directory requires chmod -R 755 constantly?

2001-01-02 Thread Colin Watson
Stefan Harris [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Whenever a change is made to anything in the public_html directory, I must chmod -R 755 public_html before those files can be accessed from the web. I am so new at this, but I am sure there is a way to make this directory 755 permanently, isn't there?