Website Ftp Help

StormLiongStormLiong Join Date: 2002-12-27 Member: 11569Members
edited July 2005 in Off-Topic
<div class="IPBDescription">need help with what the problem is...</div> Hi this is for you web designers/developers.

I am helping develop a website which has now been complete except that from time to time I have to jump in again to reupdate it for them.

Now last month everything was working fine. Suddently this month I can't edit the files at all. Basically this is what is happening on the FTP.

I can
Download/View a current file
Add a new file
Manipulate that new file as much as I want to. (rename, delete etc)

I cannot
Edit current file
Manipulate any CURRENT file anyhow I want to (rename, delete etc)

The server is a Windows NT4 server and I do not have direct remote access to it. The problem really boggles me and I am trying to come up with what is going on exactly so that I can pass it on to the website owners where they will then contact the webspace provider.

I have been trying to confirm as well if its just my connection or my ftp prorgam. Is there a way to see what is the current permission on a file on an ftp site?

Any ideas? Thanks
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Comments

  • LegeLege Join Date: 2005-05-24 Member: 52292Members
    Just download the old file (unless you have it on your computer already, which is the most probable case), make modifications and reupload. That's how I do it, and it works. I can use Dreamweaver that way more easily, no fuss.

    To check permissions use the CHMod command. The CHMod interface depends on the FTP client, so look around.
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  • StormLiongStormLiong Join Date: 2002-12-27 Member: 11569Members
    Thats the problem. I can't even overwrite the old files. Keeps telling me access denied.
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  • DepotDepot The ModFather Join Date: 2002-11-09 Member: 7956Members
    Sounds like your permissions have changed. Do you have access to the CHMod interface?
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  • BreakthroughBreakthrough Texture Artist (ns_prometheus) Join Date: 2005-03-27 Member: 46620Members, Constellation
    <!--QuoteBegin-StormLiong+Jul 12 2005, 09:43 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (StormLiong @ Jul 12 2005, 09:43 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> The server is a Windows NT4 server and I do not have direct remote access to it. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    I thought that CHMod was only for Linux/UNIX based servers... What FTP client are you using?
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  • StormLiongStormLiong Join Date: 2002-12-27 Member: 11569Members
    SmartFTP at the moment.
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