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Cannot change permissions to 777

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Jay
2009-01-20
2013-06-03
  • Jay

    Jay - 2009-01-20

    I basically can not change permissions to 777 on any newly created Forms. The two example forms have it set to 777, but anything I create afterwards is 755 (I am using SmartFTP and have had no problems on other domain names before). I would think this would not be a problem since with 755 you should still be able to make changes. But it seems it is not registering any new Forms with my account and password. Here is an example of the Directory information:

    drwxrwxrwx    5 baccmiam baccmiam     4096 Jan 20 14:15 .
    drwxr-xr-x    6 baccmiam baccmiam     4096 Jan 20 14:11 ..
    drwxr-xr-x    4 99       99           4096 Jan 20 14:15 pleasework     <------New one
    drwxrwxrwx    4 baccmiam baccmiam     4096 Sep  8  2004 sampleform
    drwxrwxrwx    4 baccmiam baccmiam     4096 Sep  8  2004 sdgf

    "pleasework" was the newly created Form.. It seems the username "99" is being used instead of "baccmiam".. Why is that? Help.. =(

     
    • TNTEverett

      TNTEverett - 2009-01-20

      This owner name issue is something that is not consistent from one host to another.  It appears that on your host, PHP files run as root or some other higher level username which results in your inability to change the permissions.  Report this behavior to your host tech support and ask if they can fix it for you.  The other solution is to only use copied versions of the forms you create.  When you copy a form using your ftp SW the new files should assume your username and allow you to change permissions. 

       

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