# Creating a directory **URL:** \ **Category:** ruby-talk\ **Created:** [29 March 2004 20:07 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/creating-a-directory/10792 "2004-03-29T20:07:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Paul\_Vudmaska](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c2a13f/32.png) [@Paul\_Vudmaska](https://rubytalk.org/u/Paul_Vudmaska)\ **Post date:** [29 March 2004 20:07 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/creating-a-directory/10792/1 "2004-03-29T20:07:12Z")
Unix / 1.6 I’m trying to allow clients to create directories for uploading files from the web using this command… Dir.mkdir(PATH + sFolderPath + folder,0007) ^^^^ It creates the directory but when i try to write to the directory I get a permission denied error. Is’nt 0007 read / write and execute for everyone? I cant even get into the dir with ssh. But i can delete it with an ftp client. hmmmm… What am i doing wrong? Thanks, Paul ---
**Author:** ![Andre\_Nathan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e56c9b/32.png) [@Andre\_Nathan](https://rubytalk.org/u/Andre_Nathan)\ **Post date:** [29 March 2004 20:16 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/creating-a-directory/10792/2 "2004-03-29T20:16:34Z")
No, it’s read/write/execute for _others_. If you are the owner of the directory, “others” doesn’t include you. HTH, Andre > **···** > > On Mon, 2004-03-29 at 17:07, Paul Vudmaska wrote: > > > Is’nt 0007 read / write and execute for everyone? ---
**Author:** ![Edgardo\_E\_Hames](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b5e925/32.png) [@Edgardo\_E\_Hames](https://rubytalk.org/u/Edgardo_E_Hames)\ **Post date:** [29 March 2004 20:17 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/creating-a-directory/10792/3 "2004-03-29T20:17:47Z")
Paul Vudmaska wrote: > Unix / 1.6 > > I’m trying to allow clients to create directories for uploading files > from the web using this command… > Dir.mkdir(PATH + sFolderPath + folder,0007) > ^^^^ > > It creates the directory but when i try to write to the directory I get > a permission denied error. Is’nt 0007 read / write and execute for > everyone? 0007 is read/write for everyone but the owner/group What you probably want is 0700 (R/W for the owner). Cheers. Ed > **···** > > – > Edgardo Hames > Vates S.A. Ingeniería de Software > Consultor Informático > > [ehames@vates.com](mailto:ehames@vates.com) > Tel: +54 +351 +4240133 int. 121 > 9 de Julio 228 - 6° piso. Córdoba ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_Vudmaska](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c2a13f/32.png) [@Paul\_Vudmaska](https://rubytalk.org/u/Paul_Vudmaska)\ **Post date:** [29 March 2004 22:06 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/creating-a-directory/10792/4 "2004-03-29T22:06:03Z")
Edgardo E. Hames wrote: > Paul Vudmaska wrote: > > > Unix / 1.6 > > > > I’m trying to allow clients to create directories for uploading files > > from the web using this command… > > Dir.mkdir(PATH + sFolderPath + folder,0007) > > ^^^^ > > > > It creates the directory but when i try to write to the directory I > > get a permission denied error. Is’nt 0007 read / write and execute > > for everyone? > > 0007 is read/write for everyone but the owner/group > What you probably want is 0700 (R/W for the owner). > > Cheers. > Ed Using 0700 worked , Thank you! I thot ‘others’ would be what i needed because i’m doing this from the web and so I’m not authenticating( accept with a database and sessions). Now i cant delete the dirs from the command line(ssh). Or from ftp (wftp[interestingly, it shows _All privs_ when i view chmod] and win explorer(xp)[which shows all privs for ‘owner’ - what i’d expect]. What group did i write it with? Do i have to delete the dirs from the web as well?? Now, it appears, ‘the web’ is the owner - i cant change anything with the dir. Anyone do something similar(allowing users to upload files and create dirs) I guess what i need is ‘all’ users and will just cross my finders…i’m making sure the files are only images. thanks, :clueless