chmod osx 777?

[J. Landman Gay]

Robert Brenstein wrote:
>> I am trying to figure out how to do cgis in metacard.
>>
>> I am using OS X with web sharing to serve the pages.
>>
>> I've set the file permissions to "read/write" (apple cmd key I,  3 popup
>> buttons)
>>
>> Yet the server says "no permissions"
>>
>> What ought I do differently? Were I using an FTP client I would want 
>> to CHMOD
>> 777. But on OS X?
>>
>> Thanks! (Any info on CGI in MC is appreciated, I'm going through the 
>> info on
>> Monsieur X's web site)
>>
> 
> You need to not only change permissions (CHMOD 777) but also set the 
> group to www (CHOWN :www) . Otherwise, Apache (OSX's web sharing) will 
> refuse to serve those files.

This was a change in Tiger, right? My Panther installation has those 
folders assigned to "system".

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