Hey All,
I have a user who wishes to change the permissions on his primary " web " folder on a RAQ4i. Basically chmod 777 web.

From what I understand this is impossible. Any thoughts?

Best Regards,
Darrell Buckhaults

Chmod 777 should be possible as root, but why anybody would want to do it is beyond me. Before I got my own server my last host was very security conscious and advised against 777 where possible. After seeing what can happen I would tend to agree.
IMHO it would be best to run this question by somebody in a security forum first - the implications on that side might be a lot greater than keeping one client happy.

I am inclined to agree.

He is probably trying to run a poorly written Perl script. I would not allow my users to change any vital web directory to 777 simply because anyone from the web can access everything in it.