On Sun, Apr 06, 2008 at 09:59:19PM -0400, Pam Astor alleged: > > > > > > I tried creating a password file by executing htpasswd -c > > > > > > > /passwd/passwords> > > > famsite but apparently htpasswd is not in my > > > > > path, I’m getting the> > > > “cannot create file /passwd/passwords > > > > > famsite” error.> > >> > > That rather sounds like the path > > > > > /passwd/passwords does not exist or > > is not> > > writable.> > >> > > > > > > > > Well, I just tried chomd 777 passwords and still the same > > > > > problem.> > Can you show us what the result of the> > ls -l > > > > > /passwd/passwords> > command is? > > Thanks for asking there, actually the problem has been solved, I deleted the > passwords > dir and chmoded 777 the passwd dir and the unsername and password were created > by htpasswd. >
No, 777 is always incorrect for regular files and directories. You won't find a single example of a 777 file or directory anywhere on your machine. -- Garrick Staples, GNU/Linux HPCC SysAdmin University of Southern California Please avoid sending me Word or PowerPoint attachments. See http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html
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