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When I try to edit files
generated by NewsPro, my server won't let me. Why?
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If you try and edit a file generated by NewsPro, such as one
of the archive files, your FTP client may tell you that you're not
authorized or that permission to access the file is denied. Here is
an explanation, along with some solutions:
On UNIX, every
file must be owned by a certain user. The CHMOD number then defines
the permissions for the file. The first digit refers to the owner of
the file, the second to the "group" (you can ignore this, irrelevant
on most web servers), the third to everyone else. 4 means read only,
6 means read & write, 7 means read write & execute.
Anyway - the problem is that the web server, and therefore
NewsPro, runs as user "nobody". By default, the files it creates are
chmod 644 - in other words, it can read & write, all others
(including you) can only read.
There are a couple of ways
around this. Many servers will not let you modify the file, but WILL
let you delete it. If your server allows this, you can download the
file, delete it from the server, re-upload, and chmod it 666. If
your server doesn't, then your best bet is to download a program
like the CGI Commander from CGI City (http://www.icthus.net/CGI-City/).
All this does is lets you execute simple UNIX commands as the web
server (make sure you disable it when not using it, as there are
simple UNIX commands to delete all your files!). Using this, type in
chmod 666 /path/to/file.txt |
and
the file is now chmod 666 and accessible to you.
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