Help with CHMOD!

[gerrymo]

This could be an ownership issue. If you can check the ownership of the file. If it is "webserver" (or similar), you wont be able to change it. You need to change the owner of the file to "You". I've had a similar problem on my server, but now I know, its easy fixed.

[Mitchâ„¢]

How do I check to see what the owner ship is?
And if it is named webserver how do I change it to me.

[elpvn]

I think you need check your permission of your FTP account or ask your hosting admin for best 

[Mitchâ„¢]

How will that tell me who/what has permission over a folder?

and I am using the main FTP Account on my site.

[G6Cad]

In most FTp programs you can set it up to show in the info bar. Like
|name|size|modifyed|owner|group|attribute| etc etc

Look in the settings of the ftp program you use and see if you can find how to make it show.

[PhilH]

Mitch,
If your FTP ckient does not have the features G6 mentioned then try FileZilla http://sourceforge.net/projects/filezilla

Very reliable and feature packed.

[Mitchâ„¢]

Ok well I do not know what this means when I go to my regular files it says owner: 32040

The files I am trying to edit belong to owner: 99

So I am guessing I am owner 32040 And need to change the 99 to my owner.

Can I fix this or is it something that my webhost has to do?

[PhilH]

If you can login as root, which is 99, you can make the required changes. If you are on a shared server or any server without root access then you will need the host to make the changes for you.

[Mitchâ„¢]

Hmm what do you mean log on as the root?

[Crip]

Mitch -
Folders/Directorys should be 755 - while those files inside it should be 644 - this works for me on most servers - html / shtml /php / cgi -perl/ et-ceteras..et-ceteras.