[Pmwiki-users] Question - Installation Step 3

[Ulf Morgenstern]

Hi Steven,

At 01:02 02.04.2004, you wrote:
>Step 3 on 
><http://www.pmichaud.com/wiki/PmWiki/Installation>http://www.pmichaud.com/wiki/PmWiki/Installation 
>says:
>
>Temporarily change the permissions on the directory containing pmwiki.php 
>directory to 2777. In Unix this is normally done by changing to the 
>directory containing pmwiki.php and executing "chmod 2777 ." (note the dot 
>at the end). This will (1) make the directory writable so the web server 
>can create the data directory it needs for the wiki files, and (2) 
>preserve group ownership of the directory so the installer account can 
>manipulate the files created in this directory.
>
>Problem.  What do you do if you are using an FTP program to access your 
>server, and you don't have access to 2777.  Can you use 777 instead?

try SmartFTP (www.smartftp.com), there you can set permissions to 2777.

Bye,
Ulf