Re: A new comer's 1st question
| From: | Rick Yin | Date: | Tue, 05 Sep 2000 04:20:52 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: A new comer's 1st question | ||
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David Robley wrote:
>
> On 4 Sep, Rick Yin wrote:
> >>
> > I'm not sure if I can add permission to the directory. Normally I
> > upload my web contents to the place through ftp (with userid and
> > password). I want to create a site where surfer can upload files
> > to my site through web interface. If you care, you can run
> > http://greenfield.heha.net/phtest/kickme.php to see some
> > php envir
> > about the site. If it's not possible for surfers to up files on this
> > site, I may have to find another host.
>
> First, I'd take that URL off your site - it's a bit of a potential
> security breach :-)
>
> You seem to be using NT as your platform - for various versions of
> Windows there is an ftp package called WS-FTP which is available as free
> software in certain circumstances - it supports the chmod command so
> providing you 'own' the relevant directory, you should be able to make
> the necessay permission changes. WS-FTP is at www.ipswitch.com
>
> Doubtless other ftp clients can do this, too.
>
I did it. Thanks for the help, You're the man!
Thanks for pointing out the security issue, even though I don't have
a clue yet.