You can use your FTP software to set the proper permissions for your scripts in your cgi-bin.
For your CGI program to run, it must be executable by your Internet
server. Therefore, you must set the permissions so the server can
read or execute your files, which usually means making your CGI
programs world executable.
Set your file permissions by using the CHMOD commands.
The CHMOD?s permission mask is a three-digit number. Each digit
of the number defines the permission for a different user of the
file.
The first digit defines the permission for the owner, the second
digit defines the permissions for the group and the third digit
defines the permissions for everyone else (referred to by CuteFTP?
as public).
Each digit works the same for each group of users: the owner, group,
and public. What you set for one digit has no effect on the other
two digits. Each digit is made up of the three Read, Write, and
Execute permissions.
- The Read permission value is 4,
- The Write permission value is 2,
- The Execute permission value is 1.
These three numbers are added together to get the permissions for
a file. If you want a file to be only readable and not writable
or executable, set its permission to 4. This works the same for
Write and Execute. Executable only files have a permission of 1.
If you want a file to have Read and Write permissions, add the Read
and Write values together (4+2) and you get 6–the permissions setting
for Read and Write. If you want the file to be Read, Write, and
Execute, use the value 7 (4+2+1). Do this for each of the three
permission groups and you get a valid CHMOD mask. If you want your
file to have Read, Write, and Execute permissions (4+2+1) for yourself;
Read and Execute (4+1) for your group; and Execute (1) only for
everyone else, you would set the file permissions to 751.
- chmod 755 filename is the most common permissions for cgi scripts.
-rwxr-xr-x
(owner=rwx, group=r-x, others=r-x) - chmod 775 dirname is the normal permission for a directory.
drwxrwxr-x - chmod 664 filename is the normal permission for a non-executable
file, i.e., an HTML or image file. - chmod 775 filename is the normal permission for an executable
file, i.e., a shell script. -rwxrxxr-x
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Changing Attributes of Files and Folders
(For advanced users only)
From the Menu Bar, use Commands/Change File Attributes to change
the attributes of a file or folder on the server. In the Change
Attributes dialog box, select the Read, Write, or Execute options
for each group (Owner, Group and Public) or type in the corresponding
CHMOD command in the manual box.
chmod 755 is the most common permissions for cgi scripts. -rwxr-xr-x
(owner=rwx, group=r-x, others=r-x)
With recent versions of WS_FTP:
Be sure you are connected to the Internet.
Launch WS-FTP
Connect to the remote site, and navigate to the directory with
the file you want to change.
Select the file or directory whose permissions you want to change
and right click on it
Choose chmod (UNIX)
Edit permissions by checking or unchecking the boxes.
Or, with an older version of WS-FTP:
Be sure you are connected to the Internet.
Launch WS-FTP.
Connect to the remote site, and navigate to the directory with
the file you want to change.
Right-click in the remote pane.
Choose commands, then site.
Type “chmod ### filename” (no quotes) in the line provided.
(Where”###” are the appropriate permission numbers–
see below)
chmod 755 filename is the most common permissions for cgi scripts.
-rwxr-xr-x
(owner=rwx, group=r-x, others=r-x)
Connect to the remote site, and navigate to the directory with
the file you want to change. (For more on using Fetch, read the
appropriate help file)
Go to the Remote menu.
Choose Send FTP Commands.
Type “site chmod ### filename” (no quotes) in the line
provided.
(Where”###” are the appropriate permission numbers– see
below)
Set Permissions / Set Upload Permissions
FTP servers do not always correctly set the permissions of uploaded
files. More accurately, their idea of correct and yours may not
agree. FTP servers also do not always support the commands required
to change the file and directory permissions of uploaded files.
If they do support the semi-standard SITE CHMOD command, then Interarchy
will let you modify the permissions manually, with the Set Permissions
command.
You may also be able to set the default upload permissions by choosing
Set Upload Permissions before commencing an upload (or mirror upload).
Set Upload Permissions only lasts until you disconnect from the
FTP server, so you will need to watch the transcript to see when
you are logged out. If you commonly deal with an FTP server that
has the upload permissions set inappropriately, you might try asking
the server administrator to fix the permissions.
chmod 755 filename is the most common permissions for cgi scripts.
-rwxr-xr-x
(owner=rwx, group=r-x, others=r-x)