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Newbie chmod problems on a mac... (19 posts)

• Started 16 years ago by echsllc
• Latest reply 11 years ago from Jim Matthews

• echsllc Member

  I want to set permissions on a directory I just created on my server. Am I missing something simple here?

  1.) I select the file in the ftp window

  2.) I use the 'Remote' dropdown and choose 'Send FTP Commands'

  3.) I click on 'Set upload permissions'

  4.) I type 777 into the blank (just 777, nothing else) and hit the button and I get the following error:

  "Fetch could not send the command "SITE UMASK
  000" because the FTP server sent an unexpected response.

  "SITE UMASK 000
  500 'SITE UMASK' not understood
  ftp_cmd/ftp_user: -30000 (state == QUOTE_CMD)"

  ....so I wasn't sure what to make of that. is this a server thing, or morely likely, driver error?

  Posted 16 years ago #

• Scott McGuire Administrator

  Hi,

  You don't want to use the "Set upload permissions" feature - that's for setting permissions automatically when uploading, and doesn't operate on files that have already been uploaded. Also, most servers (such as yours) don't support the "Set upload permissions" feature anyway.

  To set permissions on folders and/or files, you should:

  (1) Select the folder.
  (2) Click the Get Info button, or choose the Get Info item from the Remote menu.
  (3) In the info window that appears, click on the disclosure triangle next to the words "Ownership and Permissions".
  (4) Set the permissions using the checkboxes or entering the permissions in the UNIX equivalent field.
  (5) Click the Apply button.

  Please let us know if this doesn't do what you want.

  Thanks,

  Scott McGuire
  Fetch Softworks

  Posted 16 years ago #

• echsllc Member

  you are the bomb... thx for the crazy quick reply... I'm sure this will nail it...

  Posted 16 years ago #

• presto Member

  Hello,

  I am having the same issue. The only difference is that there is no triangle next to any "Ownership and Permissions." To remedy this do I need to set the folder permissions before I upload it?
  If so, how can I CHMOD once a folder is uploaded?
  Cheers,

  -presto

  Posted 13 years ago #

• Scott McGuire Administrator

  Hi Presto,

  No, you should not set the folder permissions before you upload a folder - the permissions that you set on a folder on your Mac are not copied when you upload a folder to the server.

  In order to give you the best advice, could you please tell us which version of Fetch and which version of Mac OS X you're using?

  Thanks,

  Scott McGuire
  Fetch Softworks

  Posted 13 years ago #

• presto Member

  Hello Scott,

  Thank you for the timely reply. I am using version 5.3. My mac is version 10.4.10.

  -presto

  Posted 13 years ago #

• Scott McGuire Administrator

  Hi Presto,

  Thanks for the info. Could you please try the following?

  * Connect to your server.
  * Select the problem folder.
  * Go to the Remote menu, and choose Get Info.
  * At the top of the info window in the "General" section, just below the folder icon, look at the "Kind" - what does it say? Does it say folder, or does it say something else?

  Thanks,

  Scott McGuire
  Fetch Softworks

  Posted 13 years ago #

• presto Member

  Hello Scott,

  It says folder. But I found out something interesting along this same topic. When I signed into another one of my sites I am able to do the CHMOD just as you have described above. Is it possible that I may need to adjust something with my web host in order to have this access? Thanks again,

  -presto

  Posted 13 years ago #

• Scott McGuire Administrator

  Hi,

  Thanks for the information. Some servers simply do not support setting permissions of files and folders (these are usually Windows-based FTP servers) and your server may be one of those.

  We can try to figure that out if that's the case. Could you please do the following?

  * Quit Fetch, if it's running.
  * Open Fetch again.
  * Connect to your server.
  * Go to the View menu and choose Refresh.
  * Go to the Window menu, and choose Fetch Transcript.
  * Copy the entire contents of the transcript window, and paste them into a reply to this message.

  And we'll take a look and let you know.

  Thanks,

  Scott McGuire
  Fetch Softworks

  Posted 13 years ago #

• cindy Member

  Hi,
  I am having a similar issue to the above posting, except that when I view info for any file, I don't see a permissions tab at all.

  Below is the transcript I have after following your last set of instructions for presto. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!

  Fetch 5.1 (5B286) Intel running on Mac OS X 10.4.9 (8S2167) Intel English
  StuffIt Engine 0x820, StuffIt SDK Version 10.1.1b1
  Partial serial FETCHEX001-SVF4-EVKP T
  Connecting to www.simplyorganizeme.com port 21 (OS X firewall is off) (8/24/09 5:36:48 PM)
  Connected to 208.109.181.34 port 21 (8/24/09 5:36:49 PM)
  220 Microsoft FTP Service
  USER calicoskies17
  331 Password required for calicoskies17.
  PASS
  230 User calicoskies17 logged in.
  SYST
  215 Windows_NT
  PWD
  257 "/calicoskies17" is current directory.
  MACB ENABLE
  500 'MACB ENABLE': command not understood
  PWD
  257 "/calicoskies17" is current directory.
  TYPE A
  200 Type set to A.
  PASV
  227 Entering Passive Mode (208,109,181,34,16,255).
  LIST -al
  125 Data connection already open; Transfer starting.
  07-30-07 11:51AM <DIR> _db_backups
  08-02-07 03:19AM <DIR> aspnet_client
  08-24-09 02:11PM <DIR> files
  08-29-06 11:52AM 2472 gdform.asp
  08-24-09 02:14PM 147 htaccess
  08-10-07 12:31PM 44300 index.htm
  08-24-09 02:14PM 2509 index.php
  08-10-07 01:18PM 292311 j0399350.jpg
  08-10-07 01:17PM 898 j0424090.wmf
  08-24-09 02:17PM <DIR> ndxz-studio
  08-20-07 06:51AM <DIR> ssfm
  07-14-09 10:20PM <DIR> stats
  08-29-06 11:52AM 2890 welcome.html
  226 Transfer complete.
  CWD /calicoskies17
  250 CWD command successful.
  PWD
  257 "/calicoskies17" is current directory.
  PASV
  227 Entering Passive Mode (208,109,181,34,17,8).
  LIST -al
  125 Data connection already open; Transfer starting.
  07-30-07 11:51AM <DIR> _db_backups
  08-02-07 03:19AM <DIR> aspnet_client
  08-24-09 02:11PM <DIR> files
  08-29-06 11:52AM 2472 gdform.asp
  08-24-09 02:14PM 147 htaccess
  08-10-07 12:31PM 44300 index.htm
  08-24-09 02:14PM 2509 index.php
  08-10-07 01:18PM 292311 j0399350.jpg
  08-10-07 01:17PM 898 j0424090.wmf
  08-24-09 02:17PM <DIR> ndxz-studio
  08-20-07 06:51AM <DIR> ssfm
  07-14-09 10:20PM <DIR> stats
  08-29-06 11:52AM 2890 welcome.html
  226 Transfer complete.
  CWD files
  250 CWD command successful.
  PWD
  257 "/calicoskies17/files" is current directory.
  PASV
  227 Entering Passive Mode (208,109,181,34,17,27).
  LIST -al
  125 Data connection already open; Transfer starting.
  08-24-09 02:11PM <DIR> gimgs
  226 Transfer complete.
  CWD gimgs
  250 CWD command successful.
  PWD
  257 "/calicoskies17/files/gimgs" is current directory.
  PASV
  227 Entering Passive Mode (208,109,181,34,17,28).
  LIST -al
  125 Data connection already open; Transfer starting.
  226 Transfer complete.
  CWD /calicoskies17/files
  250 CWD command successful.
  CWD /calicoskies17
  250 CWD command successful.
  PWD
  257 "/calicoskies17" is current directory.
  Update check skipped at 08/24/2009 05:38 PM (next check after 08/25/2009 06:04 AM)
  PWD
  257 "/calicoskies17" is current directory.

  Posted 13 years ago #

• Scott McGuire Administrator

  Hi Cindy,

  The transcript shows that your server is Windows-based, and as I mentioned to presto, many Windows-based servers do not support setting of permissions via FTP. So Fetch does not show the Permissions tab when the server doesn't support that capability.

  You should contact the folks who run the server and ask them if there's a some way to enable the ability to set permissions on your FTP account. (Some Windows servers do have this capability, and maybe it is just disabled for you or they can move you to another server that supports it.)

  Thanks,

  Scott McGuire
  Fetch Softworks

  Posted 13 years ago #

• cindy Member

  Ok awesome, I'll look into it. Thanks so much for your help Scott!

  Posted 13 years ago #

• Leonard Member

  Related issue: can I use Fetch to chmod a directory and its contents all at once, the way I do in Transmit?

  Posted 12 years ago #

• Jim Matthews Administrator

  Hi Leonard,

  You can run an AppleScript to chmod a directory and all its contents. The script is called "Recursive Set Permissions" and is one of the Fetch Example Scripts you can download from http://fetchsoftworks.com/fetch/download

  Thanks,

  Jim Matthews
  Fetch Softworks

  Posted 12 years ago #

• Leonard Member

  Thanx!

  Posted 12 years ago #

• andrew Member

  Hi,

  I am having an issue uploading a HTML file to my website. I have followed all of the instructions: using Put icon, and selecting HTML from folder on desktop. The file is uploading into the fetch menu without any issue, when I double click on it in fetch, it tells me the transfer is complete. However, when I visit my URL, there is no information there indicating I have uploaded the info.

  can you please assist me?

  Thanks in advance,

  Andrew

  Posted 11 years ago #

• Jim Matthews Administrator

  Hi Andrew,

  We'd be happy to help trouble-shoot this problem. Could you try uploading the HTML file again, and then choosing "Fetch Transcript" from the Window menu and posting the entire contents of that window? That will give us useful information about what is happening. Also, it would be useful to know what the URL of your site is.

  Thanks,

  Jim Matthews
  Fetch Softworks

  Posted 11 years ago #

• LDMartin1959 Member

  -----
  To set permissions on folders and/or files, you should:

  (1) Select the folder.
  (2) Click the Get Info button, or choose the Get Info item from the Remote menu.
  (3) In the info window that appears, click on the disclosure triangle next to the words "Ownership and Permissions".
  (4) Set the permissions using the checkboxes or entering the permissions in the UNIX equivalent field.
  (5) Click the Apply button.
  -----

  When attempting to change the settings of an entire directory structure, how do I set the permissions for all files and folders below the selected folder? The change seems to only affect the actual selected folder but nothing contained within. I see a reference to running a script but not sure how to incorporate that into Fetch.

  Edited 11 years ago #

• Jim Matthews Administrator

  Hi,

  We don't have that feature built into Fetch, but we've written a script called Recursive Set Permissions that will do the trick. It's one of the Fetch 5 Example Scripts, which you can download from http://fetchsoftworks.com/fetch/download

  Please let me know if Recursive Set Permissions doesn't do what you need.

  Thanks,

  Jim Matthews
  Fetch Softworks

  Posted 11 years ago #