--- Paul Taylor wrote:

Webmin and C-Panel but Plesk seems a bit duff. The only way I could seem to get files onto the thing and untar/rpm (I know, I know, you will say it is THE only way) was with SSH. That meant command lines and Linux in a

If it is one thing I have observed while being on this list, it is the neverending enthusiasm and stubbourness to continue to learn that amazes me, and that, I am glad to be a part of. As far as your tar/rpm issues go, heh, that is certainly *one* way, but by no means *the* way. :)

Nutshell. I got the files on but it set permissions automatically as remote and wheel so I was not sure if they would work once I fired a browser at

When you untar/unrpm files, the permissions are taken from the files themselves, which is why sometimes you might notice files with owner/group of 1003/1003, because you mightn't have the mappings on your system for them.

them. I am very newbie to this managed server lark and it is consuming far too much of my time when I should be getting my schemes of work ready for the coming year....

If you want something served by apache, set the directory to 755, and the files below it to 644. So to do that, you can do: cd /dir && chmod -R 644 * Hope That Helps, -- Thomas Adam ===== "The Linux Weekend Mechanic" -- http://linuxgazette.net "TAG Editor" -- http://linuxgazette.net "<shrug> We'll just save up your sins, Thomas, and punish you for all of them at once when you get better. The experience will probably kill you. :)" -- Benjamin A. Okopnik (Linux Gazette Technical Editor) ___________________________________________________________ALL-NEW Yahoo! Messenger - all new features - even more fun! http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com