Can't CHMOD on webserver

[Jeremey]

I keep getting the following:

SITE CHMOD 666 forums.php
550 forums.php: Operation not permitted

Why can't I execute that?

I am the site admin. Could I set the permissions on my computer and then upload it? I am running WINXP, but I can install "Linux-Mandrake 8".

My webhoster uses Apache, is that the same as Unix?

Also, would it be better just to go with Unix? why?

 

[lfoata]

You cannot change the permissions because you do not have the rights to. You should be superuser (root) to do that.
Apache is a webserver and Unix is an OS. There are meant for different things and cannot be compared.
I have apache running on Linux and it is very stable and performs well. Too bad I.T. is not cash business

Luc Foata
Unix sysadmin, Oracle DBA

 

[DumTech]

Coupla things occur to me beyond what Luc mentioned...

-Why chmod 666? You do know that will give the world read/write access (rw-rw-rw-)to the file? chmod 664 (rw-rw-r--) is more common for such things as web pages, or even 644 (rw-r--r--) if your host doesn't assign each user to a unique group also.

-Apache can also run on Windows, so are you sure it is indeed a Unix host?

-It looks like you're doing this through FTP - to which directory are you transferring your file(s)? Whether super user or not, you should have permission to chmod a file in your own directory, so are you indeed going to your home directory? Can you ssh into the host?

Just some thoughts/things to check out... good luck. Matt
matt@paperlove.org
If I can help, I will.