Re: File upload and permissions

yeah, unfortunately 777 is the way to go. "Charles Kline" <ckline@rightcode.net> wrote in message news:5DFB6BB2-5022-11D7-82A3-000393CDCA6A@rightcode.net... > I have a form which uploads a file to my server. The files that are > uploaded will be .doc files and will need to be able to be downloaded > from a web page. > > My script works locally - I have tested it well files upload etc., but > I am moving it to a commercial web server and am not sure what > permissions should be set like for this directory. I have tried my > script and gotten the files to upload but when the script tries to move > them to the directory where I want to keep them I get a permission > denied error. I have played with it - changing permissions and the only > one that works is chmod 777 - not sure if this is good or not - pretty > new to unix administration stuff. > > What do you all suggest? > > Thanks, > Charles > > >