help setting permissions on unix server??

[jakez]

Hello,
I was hoping someone could help me out.this is kinda a unix question more then a php question , but, I am trying to install a php file. in the instructions it says :

Next, it is important to set the proper directory permissions, on UNIX systems do this by using the chmod command. The chmod values are below:

Directory Permission Level
/admin/includes chmod 755
/catalog/includes chmod 755
/admin/includes/configure.php chmod 777
/catalog/includes/configure.php chmod 777
/catalog/images chmod 777

Now i cant seem to figure out how to do this, my hosting company is using linux and apache server. i tried doing the chmod command in 2 ftp programs and dos prompt. hopefully someone can help me out, I'm new to php and i never really used unix before, I know html though, thanks,

[AQHost]

Hi there,

Which FTP client(s) do you have?

Best wishes,
Simon.

[jakez]

i have flashfxp , eliteftp , & ftp commander.

i always get a CHMOD not understood error or something like that.

[AQHost]

My personal advice would be to get one of the better known FTP clients such as Cute FTP. You can download a trial version here and it's only $39.95 to register it after the 30 day trial is over.

Page 11 of the user documentation (available here) explains how to CHMOD files correctly.

Best wishes,
Simon.