you must chmod data.txt to 777

hi everyone,
i know nothing about php but i have to install a php on a certain website and i was vewing the readme.txt, it says "you must chmod data.txt to 777" what is the meaning of that???

 

That's an ftp command, you must login to your ftp client and change the permissions of a file named data.txt to 777, look in the manual of your ftp client to find out how to do that

 

chmod to 777 is not secure and allows anyone to view or write to the file. If PHP running as CGI with suexec enabled, it will not allow you to set permissions above 755.

 

if the script reads and writes to that file, chmod 644 or 666 should do it

 

commonguys i told ya i know nothing PHP...what r u talkin about...?????????

 

`chmod` isn't a PHP thing, it's a Unix thing.

Read How do Unix file permissions work?

 

Which FTP Software are you using ?

If you are using WS-FTP, you can right mouse click on the file in question on the server then select Properties then in the Numeric Value, enter 777 and you be set. Permission 777 means that the file can be read, write and executed by anyone and everyone.

If you cannot do so yourself, write to your web host and tell them which file you need them to change the permission and they should be able to do it for you.

 

well thanx eddy2099 now i think iam going in the right direction...