Directory Permissions

[Mike Hoy]

Thanks,

First I tried chmod 775, but turns out it still needed public write so
I gave it chmod 777 and it worked fine. Is it safe to have an image
directory for a website 777?



On Mon, Dec 1, 2008 at 1:31 PM, Stephen <cryptworks at gmail.com> wrote:
> you are on the right track, however i would do a man chmod just to get
> a feel. you may need to add group permissions.
>
> On Mon, Dec 1, 2008 at 1:28 PM, Mike Hoy <mhoy06 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> I'm pretty new at Linux still and I am confused about directory
>> permissions. I'm trying to upload products to our website here at work
>> (Linux Server Cent OS). It says a certain directory lacks write
>> permissions.
>>
>> I wanted to see what the permissions were on it so I did a ls -l, but
>> that shows the contents of the directory (and it's huge, full of
>> images).
>>
>> Then I want to give write access to that directory. Is it CHMOD that I
>> need to use here?
>>
>> Any feedback appreciated. Gotta get these products uploaded and fast!
>>
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