Re: Kudos, thanks, and question (re: permissions)

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Hi Mary,
I'm glad you brought this up b/c I was going to suggest free.prohosting.com
to someone . . .
prohosting won't allow _files_ or _directories_ to be chmod 777?  None of
the .pl files should need chmod 777, but directory (or folder) "data" does
(sometimes -- you can play around with it)
I had a host that was weird about permissions too -- directories had to be
711  (but that was only at the top level e.g.
www.mydomain.com/cgidirectory/  (you didn't have a cgi-bin -- you could make
your own directories anywhere)
Your message sounded like you couldn't chmod directory data -- but you said
you couldn't chmod files -- so I am probably confused  . . .
My structure is /cgi-bin
                        /lib
                        /data
is that what you mean by same level?
Rachelle
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mary Sullivan" <ringrider@tenderbytes.net>
To: <ringlinklist@gunnar.cc>
Sent: Thursday, September 07, 2000 4:16 PM
Subject: [ringlinklist] Kudos, thanks, and question (re: permissions)
>
> Hello, I'm new to this list, and mighty glad to find it.  Ringlink is
> wonderful!  Thank you thank you thank you.  How can I help?
>
> I got the files installed without losing any hair -- the readmes and FAQ's
> are very easy to follow, and all went well up until the point it actually
> needed to write to the data directory to create a new ring.  Dang.
>
> Just one quick question, if one of you wizards would be so kind.  My
domain
> host (ProHosting) does not allow files to be chmod of 777, can only do
> 755.  This has caused no problem with other cgi scripts I'm running, but
> I'm wondering if it could be the source of Ringlink's reluctance to
> recognize the data directory I put on a same level with lib in the
> cgi-bin?  I've checked and doublechecked the path in the rlconfig.pm file.
>
> Any words of wisdom would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Mary