Gallery And .htaccess

Amanda · October 16th, 2003, 9:35 PM

Hiya,

I'm working on installing a Gallery on my domain. Everything is going pretty smoothly, but I'm running into a bit of a problem. It wants me to create and upload a .htaccess file into my Gallery directory. So I did. And when I went to look for it to set the CHMOD, I can't find it. So I uploaded it again. WS_FTP made its little happy upload noise. Yet my .htaccess file is still missing.

Why is this? What am I doing wrong!?

**AlexH** · October 16th, 2003, 10:09 PM

Most FTP clients ignore any file that starts with a period. You'll have to go through cPanel's File Manager to change your file's permissions.

Amanda · October 17th, 2003, 12:00 AM

Okay, wow, I didn't even realize I could do all this in the cPanel.

I'm still having a problem, though. I try to change the permission from 644 to 666, but nothing happens. I click "Change," and the main page changes, but it still shows up as 644.

I never did get along very well with these .htaccess files.

**patrickb** · October 17th, 2003, 12:02 AM

Cpanel change permissions is a bit quirky at best. Usually it is actually changing the permissions, but just not properly displaying the final results. Download this FTP program and try it, you will be thrilled...

http://stud.fh-heilbronn.de/~jdebis/leechf.../downloads.html

Amanda · October 17th, 2003, 10:55 AM

Thanks, I checked my configuration wizard and apparently my .htaccess is running fine.

However, now I have a new set of problems. I need the paths to ImageMagick and something called jhead. I did a search in this forum for ImageMagick and pulled up this post, and I tried all of the suggestions there for the path to Image Magick, but none of them work. I'm also wondering about is this jhead thing. Anyone know where that's at?

EDIT - Okay, now telling me that I need to set my .htaccess permissions to 777! The documentation told me to set it to 666, the config wizard said it was fine, and now it's yelling at me to change it to 777. What's the deal? :unsure:

I really hate installing things. I never can get it right.

**patrickb** · October 17th, 2003, 2:27 PM

NOOO, don't dare set your .htaccess file to 777. That's a really big security no-no. 744 is a good setting for that file...

If the config program needs the permissions set to 777, then do it only during the config process and change them back to a safe setting.

Amanda · October 17th, 2003, 8:28 PM

Thanks so much for the hint. I don't know why it's telling me to do that. :blink:

You wouldn't happen to know the path to Image Magick (or that other NB-whatever one; I'm not picky) on the Pico server, though, would you?

**patrickb** · October 18th, 2003, 11:49 AM

I am not sure about ImageMagick, or even the jhead one. But if jhead is installed, it is more than likely in either /usr/bin/ or /usr/local/bin.

2g-hybrid · November 3rd, 2003, 11:09 AM

I am still not able to CHMOD .htaccess to 777 to update gallery.

I know to change it back, but I need to be able to change it to 777 for a moment, then back to 644.

Any ideas, I have tried through several FTP Programs, even LeechFTP, it doesn't even show the file. CPanel wont even change it.

October 16th, 2003, 10:09 PM	#2 (permalink)
AlexH Peaches! Excelling Contributor Joined in Jul 2003 Lives in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Hosted on Jose, Pass19 564 posts Gave thanks: 0 Thanked 0 times	Most FTP clients ignore any file that starts with a period. You'll have to go through cPanel's File Manager to change your file's permissions. __________________ alex.honeywell [ seigousei.net - pass19, binuweb.com - jose ]

October 17th, 2003, 12:02 AM	#4 (permalink)
patrickb the one who was Super #1 Joined in Jul 2003 Lives in Memphis 1,967 posts Gave thanks: 0 Thanked 3 times	Cpanel change permissions is a bit quirky at best. Usually it is actually changing the permissions, but just not properly displaying the final results. Download this FTP program and try it, you will be thrilled... http://stud.fh-heilbronn.de/~jdebis/leechf.../downloads.html __________________ Patrick Warnings: The program(s) might crash unexpectedly or behave otherwise strangely. (But of course, so do many commercial programs on Windows.) --www.gimp.org

October 17th, 2003, 2:27 PM	#6 (permalink)
patrickb the one who was Super #1 Joined in Jul 2003 Lives in Memphis 1,967 posts Gave thanks: 0 Thanked 3 times	NOOO, don't dare set your .htaccess file to 777. That's a really big security no-no. 744 is a good setting for that file... If the config program needs the permissions set to 777, then do it only during the config process and change them back to a safe setting. __________________ Patrick Warnings: The program(s) might crash unexpectedly or behave otherwise strangely. (But of course, so do many commercial programs on Windows.) --www.gimp.org

October 18th, 2003, 11:49 AM	#8 (permalink)
patrickb the one who was Super #1 Joined in Jul 2003 Lives in Memphis 1,967 posts Gave thanks: 0 Thanked 3 times	I am not sure about ImageMagick, or even the jhead one. But if jhead is installed, it is more than likely in either /usr/bin/ or /usr/local/bin. __________________ Patrick Warnings: The program(s) might crash unexpectedly or behave otherwise strangely. (But of course, so do many commercial programs on Windows.) --www.gimp.org

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October 16th, 2003, 9:35 PM	#1 (permalink)
Amanda Registered User Fresh Surpasser Joined in May 2003 Lives in Florida 26 posts Gave thanks: 0 Thanked 0 times	Hiya, I'm working on installing a Gallery on my domain. Everything is going pretty smoothly, but I'm running into a bit of a problem. It wants me to create and upload a .htaccess file into my Gallery directory. So I did. And when I went to look for it to set the CHMOD, I can't find it. So I uploaded it again. WS_FTP made its little happy upload noise. Yet my .htaccess file is still missing. Why is this? What am I doing wrong!?

October 17th, 2003, 12:00 AM	#3 (permalink)
Amanda Registered User Fresh Surpasser Joined in May 2003 Lives in Florida 26 posts Gave thanks: 0 Thanked 0 times	Okay, wow, I didn't even realize I could do all this in the cPanel. I'm still having a problem, though. I try to change the permission from 644 to 666, but nothing happens. I click "Change," and the main page changes, but it still shows up as 644. I never did get along very well with these .htaccess files.

October 17th, 2003, 10:55 AM	#5 (permalink)
Amanda Registered User Fresh Surpasser Joined in May 2003 Lives in Florida 26 posts Gave thanks: 0 Thanked 0 times	Thanks, I checked my configuration wizard and apparently my .htaccess is running fine. However, now I have a new set of problems. I need the paths to ImageMagick and something called jhead. I did a search in this forum for ImageMagick and pulled up this post, and I tried all of the suggestions there for the path to Image Magick, but none of them work. I'm also wondering about is this jhead thing. Anyone know where that's at? EDIT - Okay, now telling me that I need to set my .htaccess permissions to 777! The documentation told me to set it to 666, the config wizard said it was fine, and now it's yelling at me to change it to 777. What's the deal? :unsure: I really hate installing things. I never can get it right.

October 17th, 2003, 8:28 PM	#7 (permalink)
Amanda Registered User Fresh Surpasser Joined in May 2003 Lives in Florida 26 posts Gave thanks: 0 Thanked 0 times	Thanks so much for the hint. I don't know why it's telling me to do that. :blink: You wouldn't happen to know the path to Image Magick (or that other NB-whatever one; I'm not picky) on the Pico server, though, would you?

November 3rd, 2003, 11:09 AM	#9 (permalink)
2g-hybrid Registered User Fresh Surpasser Joined in Sep 2003 5 posts Gave thanks: 0 Thanked 0 times	I am still not able to CHMOD .htaccess to 777 to update gallery. I know to change it back, but I need to be able to change it to 777 for a moment, then back to 644. Any ideas, I have tried through several FTP Programs, even LeechFTP, it doesn't even show the file. CPanel wont even change it.

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