you are on the right track, however i would do a man chmod just to get a feel. you may need to add group permissions. On Mon, Dec 1, 2008 at 1:28 PM, Mike Hoy wrote: > I'm pretty new at Linux still and I am confused about directory > permissions. I'm trying to upload products to our website here at work > (Linux Server Cent OS). It says a certain directory lacks write > permissions. > > I wanted to see what the permissions were on it so I did a ls -l, but > that shows the contents of the directory (and it's huge, full of > images). > > Then I want to give write access to that directory. Is it CHMOD that I > need to use here? > > Any feedback appreciated. Gotta get these products uploaded and fast! > > -- > Mike Hoy > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > -- A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button. Stephen --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss