CHMOD Not Working

[Tramdesign]

I'm chmod'ing files to 777 and they don't change. I'm not a complete newbie, but I can't figure out what the problem is. Any ideas?

[f-stop]

I had a file just yesterday that would not let me chmod it to 777. I kept getting an error message saying I did not have permission to do this. So, I deleted the file from the server, and uploaded the copy that was on my local machine and then it worked fine. Go figure! Anyway, that was the only thing I could come up with. Luckily, I had an exact copy of the file on my local drive. Maybe you could try that if you have a copy of the file(s).

There is probably a better way to do this, but that was my solution.

[Whiteknight]

a stupid question, but do you have the privledges to change file permissions?

[Tramdesign]

a stupid question, but do you have the privledges to change file permissions?

How would I know? Do people have rights to change file permissions by default at hostrocket?

I tried uploading the file again. It's actually a lot of files we're talking about.

[f-stop]

I think at this point I would send HostRocket a trouble ticket to see what they think the problem might be. You can log in at www.hostrocket.com/support. Let us know what you find out.

[Whiteknight]

haha, i dont know squat about hostrocket, because i'm not a client. not that I would like to learn....

I wonder how one would go about applying for a job there?