I only have ftp/telnet access to my website which is hosted by another company. Links is working fine, I can add new links etc. but the owner of the links.db file is httpd and therefore I can't ftp the links.db onto my home server to update a load of links, any suggestions on why it's got the httpd owner / group and how I might stop it happening again.

Thanks
Craig

you can telnet in and chown the file to match the correct username.

--mark

If you re-upload it through FTP it should get your ID on it. It shouldn't get converted when you build.

--mark

Mark,

I'll have to do a list all and manually copy / paste them out of the links.db so when I upload the correctly permissioned version I won't have to retype everything back in. I still get permission denied when I try and overwrite it so I'll guess I'll have to get my ISP to reset the user / group and hope it's o.k. when I next add one.

I'll let you know how I get on.

[This message has been edited by craigp (edited August 01, 1999).]

Mark,

When I telnet in I get access denied when i chown craig links.db or even chgrp or chmod.

If I get the ISP to chown / chgrp / chmod it I will be able of course to then ftp it off to my home server. but will it get the owner of httpd the next time I do a build or does it keep the owner/permissions that are currently associated with it.

Craig