CHMOD? What does that mean?

[MvD]

Ok, I got some free PHP hosting and I wanted to create my own forums. For this I chose the Invasion Power board.

This is what is ays in the instruction:

Once the directories have been created, CHMOD "archive_in", "archive_out" and "uploads" to 0755 (if you get permissions errors later on, you can CHMOD these to "0777"). Now, upload the contents of the files in your local folders (from the zip file) into the corresponding directories you've just created on your server. Some folders will contain other files and folders, upload them all - preserving the structure you have in your zip file (for example, upload the entire contents of the "html" folder on your computer to the "html" directory on the server).

So how do I CHMOD a directory?

Btw, I cannot seem to acces my host throgh ftp they say the adress is ftp://mysitename.by.ru + mypassword + by.ru

anyone know what they mean?

[Weirdan]

chmod is Unix command for changing permissions (access rights). So, when instruction tells you to CHMOD <something> to 0777 it means "allow access to everyone for reading, writing and executing <something>".
Hope it helps.

[MvD]

Thanx for the explaination, but how do I CHMOD? Do I need any special software?

[Eddyd84]

Most any FTP program will let you chmod.
Even www.web2ftp.com will let you so you won't have to download anything (but you probably should be familar with German :)).

Peace,
Ed
:thumbsup:

<edit>BTW, chmod means CHange MODes</edit>

[MvD]

German eh? :p

Thanx Ed! :)

[MvD]

btw, can IE CHMOD?

[Dalziel]

Originally posted by MvD
btw, can IE CHMOD?

No.

[duniyadnd]

If you using an editor like Html-Kit, you can also change the CHMOD via that, by right clicking on the file on the right menu (if its online already) and changing its permission.

Duniyadnd