Daniel Nogradi wrote: > In short, chmod refers to local files so wherever you run it it will > refer to files on that machine. You run it simply by typing it in a > shell as a user who has privilage to perform the operatation, which > can mean you have to be an owner of the file but if you are root you > can do it in any case. Depending on your ftp, scp, http or whatever > method you use to transfer files the file permissions may or may not > change during the transfer. If permissions are kept intact you can > chmod on your local machine and then transfer, if they are not then > you transfer first and chmod on the server. When you transfer files > from a windows machine to *nix it again depends on the particular > method you choose how the permissions will be set.
Thanks, but I'm still a little confused. Since I'm running Windows, I assume that I can't run the chmod line on my own computer. My web server uses Unix, but is it possible for me to have access to a command line for the server? I didn't know that was possible for basic web hosting plans (I'm using 1and1 right now). I suppose I could write a script that would set the permissions of all the files in a particular folder on my computer to 755, but is there a Windows equivalent command for chmod to do this? Or am I stuck having to do it on the server side? -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
