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Brown · 11-11-2004, 09:52

chmod, its s unix thing, so how do you make a database writable on a windows server via ftp?

mike_m · 11-11-2004, 10:02

A handy article on it from the phpbb help files: http://www.phpbb.com/kb/article.php?article_id=22

always manages to give me trouble too

edit: just read the question again - and I've no Idea, I'll ask my programmer when he gets in though.

Brown · 11-11-2004, 10:05

cheers mike, but that is chmod - i've got a dbase on a windows server thats not writable - i would usually use chmod, but as its windows, i can't.

anyone know how i make it writable?

Brown · 11-11-2004, 10:05

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Originally Posted by mike_mitry

edit: just read the question again - and I've no Idea, I'll ask my programmer when he gets in though.

haha. cheers doode.

mike_m · 11-11-2004, 10:06

just asked him, and I got the curt reply of "just go into it's properties and change the sharing options". Hope that's of help

Brown · 11-11-2004, 10:09

not really, i'm accessing it by ftp and my ftp prog don't seem to let me do that (using WS_FTP Pro V7.6). cheers anyway.

stickmus · 11-11-2004, 12:06

I've been trying to do the same thing, seems like iis has some kind of control panel, maybe...but not found it yet.

seen.to · 11-11-2004, 12:26

If you run IIS locally you can then choose action/connect to connect to remote server as far as I remember. Don't know if it will help though.

What type of database is it?

halcheung · 11-11-2004, 12:38

right click your database file in local area, select Properties->Security, find SYSTEM from list, then tick Write option below.Hope it works. If doesn't work, just find EVERYONE, then tick the Write option. If it still doesn't work at all, please contact your web space administrator.

Brown · 11-11-2004, 12:55

its not local, i'm trying to do it by ftp.

its an access database.

seen.to · 11-11-2004, 13:31

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Originally Posted by Brown

its an access database.

No idea then, soz.

halcheung · 12-11-2004, 05:04

god. is it possible to download it first??? if so, modify the properties locally.

seen.to · 12-11-2004, 11:27

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Originally Posted by halcheung

god. is it possible to download it first??? if so, modify the properties locally.

Why are you addressing your reply to God?

stickmus · 18-11-2004, 05:09

On further inspection, it seems you need to reference the file by its windows path to make it writeable. HTH

paulanthony · 20-12-2004, 10:32

Ask your hosting provider to help. You should *probably* be using a folder outside the website root for hosting your database. They normally call it _private or somethin to that effect...by default the folder itself would be writable, and the database inherits the properties.

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halcheung DAC Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 32	do it locally right click your database file in local area, select Properties->Security, find SYSTEM from list, then tick Write option below.Hope it works. If doesn't work, just find EVERYONE, then tick the Write option. If it still doesn't work at all, please contact your web space administrator.

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Brown volkswagen yellow & gold Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: london, england. Posts: 6,147	cheers mike, but that is chmod - i've got a dbase on a windows server thats not writable - i would usually use chmod, but as its windows, i can't. anyone know how i make it writable?

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Brown volkswagen yellow & gold Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: london, england. Posts: 6,147	not really, i'm accessing it by ftp and my ftp prog don't seem to let me do that (using WS_FTP Pro V7.6). cheers anyway.

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stickmus hmmm... Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Yorkuk Posts: 2,127	I've been trying to do the same thing, seems like iis has some kind of control panel, maybe...but not found it yet.

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halcheung DAC Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 32	god. is it possible to download it first??? if so, modify the properties locally.

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stickmus hmmm... Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Yorkuk Posts: 2,127	On further inspection, it seems you need to reference the file by its windows path to make it writeable. HTH

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