chmod osx 777?

[Dave Cragg]

On 17 Oct 2005, at 18:36, J. Landman Gay wrote:

> Robert Brenstein wrote:
>
>>> I am trying to figure out how to do cgis in metacard.
>>>
>>> I am using OS X with web sharing to serve the pages.
>>>
>>> I've set the file permissions to "read/write" (apple cmd key I,   
>>> 3 popup
>>> buttons)
>>>
>>> Yet the server says "no permissions"
>>>
>>> What ought I do differently? Were I using an FTP client I would  
>>> want to CHMOD
>>> 777. But on OS X?
>>>
>>> Thanks! (Any info on CGI in MC is appreciated, I'm going through  
>>> the info on
>>> Monsieur X's web site)
>>>
>>>
>> You need to not only change permissions (CHMOD 777) but also set  
>> the group to www (CHOWN :www) . Otherwise, Apache (OSX's web  
>> sharing) will refuse to serve those files.
>>
>
> This was a change in Tiger, right? My Panther installation has  
> those folders assigned to "system".

I don't think there was any change. chmod 755, and the owner as  
anybody should do it.

Cheers
Dave