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Setting permissions
When I navigate to the folder where my vanilla files are located, I get an error message that say the proper permissions are not set for some of the folders. What is the easiest way (for a real amateur) to modify the permissions? Thanks!
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chmod -R 777
chmod -R 777
chmod -R 777
It says I can do this via FTP, but how? These are simply lines of text, not files. Can I save these as files, then upload them? If so, what type of file (.txt?); do I upload them into the root directory, the vanilla folder, or each respective folder? Or am I totally off base?
It also says I can make these changes via command line. That I don't begin to know how to do, or where to start. Thanks again for any help offered.
Each of the files that need their permissions changed are found directly within vanilla's main folder and are included in the download. If you clicked on the vanilla/ folder you'd see them all sitting there: conf/, uploads/, and cache/.
These are the files (folders) you need to work on. Each FTP client is different so I will not really be able to get very specific here (and to a large extent, learning how your software works is not my responsibility). What you're trying to do is find a window that lets you modify the access permissions on each of these folders. You're in windows, so you'll probably need to start by right clicking a folder, and look for either a "Permissions" or "Properties" menu item. If you can only find Properties, chances are there will be a submenu or tab within that menu which will be labeled Permissions.
The 777 part explains what permissions the folder needs. 777 means "Read, Write and Execute for the Owner, Owner's Group, and Everyone else". Your permission screen probably has a 3-by-3 matrix of checkboxes that look something like this:
Write Read Execute Owner [ ] [ ] [ ] Group [ ] [ ] [ ] Everyone [ ] [ ] [ ]Check off everything.
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