On Sun, Apr 06, 2008 at 09:59:19PM -0400, Pam Astor alleged:
I tried creating a password file by executing htpasswd -c > > /passwd/passwords> > > > famsite but apparently htpasswd is not in my path, I’m getting the> > > > “cannot create file /passwd/passwords famsite” error.> > >> > > That rather sounds like the path /passwd/passwords does not exist or > > is not> > > writable.> > >> > > > Well, I just tried chomd 777 passwords and still the same problem.> > Can you show us what the result of the> > ls -l /passwd/passwords> > command is?
Thanks for asking there, actually the problem has been solved, I deleted the passwords dir and chmoded 777 the passwd dir and the unsername and password were created by htpasswd.
No, 777 is always incorrect for regular files and directories. You won't find a single example of a 777 file or directory anywhere on your machine.