File Permissions

[DarkPhantM]

Hey all
I am currently running Mandriva free and I have installed XAMPP on my system I have tried to access a folder that I have placed on my server and it is saying that I have forbidden access to it

drwxrwxr-x 5 root root 4096 Jul 16 08:52 online/

that is what I currently have for the file permission and I believe that I need to change the 5 to a 1

Am I right?
and if so can someone please tell me how to change it

otherwise can someone tell me what I must do to access the folder?


thanks in advance

[DarkPhantM]

Please ignore this now I have rectified the problem

I done it by entering

chown -R root /online

thanks all those who viewed the problem

[twoHats]

Hey DarkPhantM:

Next time you can try the chmod command like

chmod a+w directory_name

This would give all write permission (including you )

man chmod

for other options

[Thinker]

Hi DarkPhantM,
Read this also : -

http://www.linuxforums.org/security/...rmissions.html

With Regards,
Thinker