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[stripeyteapot]

Hey,

How can I make it possible so that anyone can edit a .htm file I have uploaded, without FTP access, basically they would edit it through Notepad, or something similar.

I have also tried setting permissions to 777 and it didn't work the way I expected, if this is the correct way, how would someone edit the file?

[aldee]

You could put a script (php / perl...) online that allows people to modify that file, chmodding it to 777 is what allows you to do so. You probably want to set up a guest FTP account with read / write access limited to the directory your file is stored in though.

[CretaForce]

chmod it to 606 I think is a little more secure.

[gogocode]

Originally posted by pmoduk2


I have also tried setting permissions to 777 and it didn't work the way I expected, if this is the correct way, how would someone edit the file?

What did you expect to happen?

[InfiniteRay]

The format for permissions on UNIX filesystems is "user/group/world".

Add the following bits to achieve the combination you want:

1 = execute
2 = write
4 = read

So 7 is RWX.

First number applies to user, second to group, and third to world.

Therefore, permissions of 741 would be user rwx, group rw, and world x.

There is also a setuid bit which prefixes the permissions.
1 = Sticky (for directories only)
2 = SetGID
4 = SetUID

... it prefixes the standard rwx attibutes like so:
4755 sets rwx on user, and rx on group/world and also sets the setuid and setgid on the file as well.

I think what you probably want is 666, or read/write for u/g/w.

Also, the X attribute on directories only means "list" since directories cannot be executed. If a directory does not contain the "list" attribute, its contents cannot be enumerated.

[gogocode]

Originally posted by InfiniteRay
4755 sets rwx on user, and rx on group/world and also sets the setuid and setgid on the file as well.

Note these are octal (base 8) numbers, not decimal (base 10).

Also, the X attribute on directories only means "list" since directories cannot be executed. If a directory does not contain the "list" attribute, its contents cannot be enumerated.

Execute on a directory permits changing to the directory, read permits reading (listing) the contents of said directory. You can set execute without read to allow entering the directory but not listing the files.

[YUPAPA]

suEXEC better as long as the ownership is your own uid
You don't have to deal anything with permissions.