How can I CHMOD some of my folders and files?

I've tried to use FlashFXP but all I get is


I tried to look for an option that will do it in the HELM Pannel .. but couldn't find it.
Do I need Shell access to do it ?
If so how do I get into the shell ?

Thanks for all your HELP and Patience

There isn't chmod command on windows platform. Win uses ACL.
There is no shell as well.

ACL ?

Can you tell me how to use that to change permissions to my www folders ?

I'm trying to install Coppermine Gallery Script. It's a php script that needs a few specific folder permissions.

http://rafy.net/cpg ---everything in it--- read and execute
http://rafy.net/cpg/albums ---everything in it--- read write and execute
http://rafy.net/cpg/include ---everything in it--- read write and execute

Is there any way i can maintain my own folder/file permissions while being hosted on the Windows 2003 server?

Let me take a guess here... since I don't know the specifics...

Even though it's a windows account, is the web server IIS or Apache? I don't even know if that matters or not.


I've never tried it, but if you logon to your site with an FTP client (I use cuteftp), I'm sure you can right click on the folders and files and still set unix style rights. The FTP server should emulate the file structure and translate it to equivalent ACL's...

Once again, I'm taking a guess.

thank you for the tip ...

but I've tried changing the folder permissions with CuteFTP and FlashFXP by rightclicking on the folder and selecting the CHMOD command and they both report back with


HELP HOSTONY ... how do I change the file and folder permissions inside my wwwroot folder ?

DO you have any kind of File Manager in your CPanel (or whatever it's called on Windows)? Those will usually let you change the permissions of files or folders. Sorry, I don't have a Windows account either.

I have a file manager in my Control Panel, which by the way is called HELM on the windows side. It's a great file manager but one feature it doesn't have is to set (attributes/properties/chmod) on files and folders.

As Ivan said there is no such feature at Windows as CHMOD.
You can ask us to set permissions for exact user at your account but there is no CHMOD.

In my cPanel you can go to file manager and and change it there.
You click the name of the file rather than the folder icon and then look in the menu to the right. There's a "change permissions" link there that opens the panel to change stuff from world or user or group, whatever. But mine's Linux. Still, wouldn't Windows cPanel work about the same way? (Not that I have a clue what I'm talking about....)

-Bonnie

CpanelX is a Linux plan, not Windows.
I have never used a Windows hosting so I wouldn't know.

Oh! See, I told you guys I didn't know what I was talking about!

(The ditsy woman has left the building......)
-Bonnie

wow ... this ######s ....

I can't believe there is no way for me to change permissions on my folders .... oh well

can you tell me if the Unix hosting allow for asp pages ? maybe I should move my account to the Unix host instead of Windows ... It will probably make everyone's lifes easier ...

sorry !
Hostony does not support ASP on their linux servers.


I wonder how much trouble it would be to convert asp-nuke to phpnuke or postnuke??

A tip for the future:

Plan before you buy

Thanks Dark Hedgehog ... for the amazing tip ...

Just ask support and he will set the permissions you need.

Anyways.... what r u trying to do ? for what you need set the permissions? may be exist some other solutions for your problem... tell us if you can.

well ... I'm setting up the Coppermine PHP gallery on my site. and one of the installation steps is to change the access rights to two folders, like this.

Step 3 - CHMOD the folders albums and include to 755 (or 777, depending on your server config) - this step is really important, don't skip it!
There are a lot of tutorials for beginners how to use chmod available: search chmod tutorials with google. If you're on a windows server, you'll have to set permissions accordingly as well (usually the webserver runs under the user name "IUSR_hostname" - you'll have to set rwx-permissions for this user).

the paths to these folders are as follows:

http://rafy.net/cpg/albums - set all to read write execute
and
http://rafy.net/cpg/include - set all to reqd write execute

could you guys in support set these up for me please, thank you.

Done.