Topic awaiting preservation: FTP Help

i got phpdev set up (thanx to all the help from others) now for some reason when people go to my site all they get is a forbidden error. It says u are not allowed to access "/" on this server or something. I was wondering how i can resolve this problem. I thought chmoding it would be the solution. So i downloaded a FTP Server (CuteFTP Secure Server To Be exact) and set it up. I logged on to it and tried to CHMOD it but heres what i got

STATUS:> Connecting FTP data socket 24.168.11.161:1114...
150 Opening ASCII mode data connection for file list.
226 Transfer complete. 129 bytes transferred. 129 bps.
STATUS:> Directory listing completed.
COMMAND:> SITE CHMOD 777 /public/recon
501 Command not understood.
ERROR:> Syntax error in parameters or arguments.
soo has anybody had this problem?
Are there other ways to ressolve it?
If so how?
Thank You
-Auvee

first of all, is your site on a domain? are you letting people access it directly from your internet IP? Does your ISP allow this?

I've run phpdev for a couple of years now until I changed to Zends IDE that comes womplete with a server setup.

A standard install of phpdev will generate a forbidden error if you have your site in the normal root of the server. The apache config file is set up so only localhost or 127.0.0.1 (same thing) can access that.

What you do have is a folder called "public" in there, The standard install should let outsiders access a site in that folder.

You can always alter the settings in the apache config file if you want, but that's not simple if you are new to that. All the stuff on the public folder/restricted access parts is included in the installation, just read the instructions.

Also, with the setup on a windows machine, the chmod command will not work, that is a linux/unix command only.
/Dan

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(Edited by DmS on 08-13-2004 08:40)

WOW thanx DMS