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Old 05-02-2001, 02:31 PM   #1
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hello, i have setup red hat linux box(6.2)
i set up two users root and my personal.
Im trying to ftp html pages to the /httpd directory
but i get and error saying i don't have rights.
how can i give my self rights? to administer my site.
 
Old 05-02-2001, 04:12 PM   #2
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First make a group called htdocs. Then group own the directory for your site to htdocs and make it group writable.
 
  


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