Directory Permissions

Hi,

I hope that I have chosen the correct thread to post in.

I am trying to run a php script which writes a .wav file to a directory on my (webhosted) server. I have changed the directory chmod permissions to 0777 to allow everyone permissions, but I cannot get the script to work. I wanted to ask, Is this the correct permission (0777)? Do the chmod permissions on the file that writes the file also have to set be set to a particular permission?

Thanks
Jewelz

Make you have the permissions set to the parent directory too ... Let's say you have this directory structure

- i
---- video
---- other

and you put the video in the video directory, both the i and the video needs to have 777 permissions.

Maybe the problem lies with your host not allowing a certain file size to be uploaded via the web? I had that problem with my pictures on my blog and just asked him to boost the Mg a bit

That was quick!, thank you karinne. I will set up the permission on the parent directory and see if that works. Is this quite a risky thing to do then, if I have it open access on my parent directory? people will be able to access my files.

Hosts "normally" disable the index on image folders unless you have a index.html (.php) in there.

For example, instead of getting the directory listing, you get to something like this.

brilliant, thanks very much for your help.

Did it work?

No, still doesn't work for me, If the set up of the directories is fine now, then it may well be somewhere in the code itself. I will have to go though it again to make sure.

Well ... post in the PHP forum concerning your code if you can't find it.

I will do, thanks again for your help.

No problem.

Back when I was using a host that did not support directory blocking...aka, 403 pages...I always used to just though an index page in their and say something like Go Away, or buzz of freak.