System Ignores "read-only" modification on Inetpub directory

[thall89553]

If I open up Windows Explorer, right click on a directory, and uncheck the
"read-only" attirbute, it seems to apply the change. BUT, when I return to
the same directory and look at its properites, they are still read-only...

[Malke]

thall89553 wrote:

> If I open up Windows Explorer, right click on a directory, and uncheck
> the "read-only" attirbute, it seems to apply the change. BUT, when I
> return to the same directory and look at its properites, they are
> still read-only...

The read-only attribute you see on XP's folders is misleading. The
folder is not really read-only and you can ignore this. What problems
are you having that are making you want to mess with this?

Malke
--
MS MVP - Windows Shell/User
Elephant Boy Computers
www.elephantboycomputers.com
"Don't Panic!"

[thall89553]

Malke, THANKS for caring to reply. I am a web developer who is trying to
create web sites on my localhost. I am able to do this all day (and night)
long without any problems. I use ASP. The issue comes when I try to
incorporate an MS Access DB into a web site and write to it. I get an error
that says it is Read Only. I am beyond amateur status with this stuff and I
go into the MMC and change permissions, also I go to the file and folder
directly and change permission but it just won't work. Of note though is that
IF I set up a web site in My Documents - My Webs, I CAN write to a database
all day (and night) long if I want. I am baffled - in Budapest of all places.
;-)

"Malke" wrote:

> thall89553 wrote:
>
> > If I open up Windows Explorer, right click on a directory, and uncheck
> > the "read-only" attirbute, it seems to apply the change. BUT, when I
> > return to the same directory and look at its properites, they are
> > still read-only...
>
> The read-only attribute you see on XP's folders is misleading. The
> folder is not really read-only and you can ignore this. What problems
> are you having that are making you want to mess with this?
>
> Malke
> --
> MS MVP - Windows Shell/User
> Elephant Boy Computers
> www.elephantboycomputers.com
> "Don't Panic!"
>

[Malke]

thall89553 wrote:

> Malke, THANKS for caring to reply. I am a web developer who is trying
> to create web sites on my localhost. I am able to do this all day (and
> night) long without any problems. I use ASP. The issue comes when I
> try to incorporate an MS Access DB into a web site and write to it. I
> get an error that says it is Read Only. I am beyond amateur status
> with this stuff and I go into the MMC and change permissions, also I
> go to the file and folder directly and change permission but it just
> won't work. Of note though is that IF I set up a web site in My
> Documents - My Webs, I CAN write to a database all day (and night)
> long if I want. I am baffled - in Budapest of all places. ;-)
>
> "Malke" wrote:
>
>> thall89553 wrote:
>>
>> > If I open up Windows Explorer, right click on a directory, and
>> > uncheck the "read-only" attirbute, it seems to apply the change.
>> > BUT, when I return to the same directory and look at its
>> > properites, they are still read-only...
>>
>> The read-only attribute you see on XP's folders is misleading. The
>> folder is not really read-only and you can ignore this. What problems
>> are you having that are making you want to mess with this?
>>

Well, I'm baffled too because what you are doing is outside my area of
expertise. I can barely write "hello world" in Perl and use a wysiwyg
editor for my own website. I can only suggest that you might get better
answers in a developer, Access, and/or web design group. Here is a list
of all the MS newsgroups: http://aumha.org/nntp.htm

I'm sorry that I wasn't able to help you. Good luck.

Malke
--
MS MVP - Windows Shell/User
Elephant Boy Computers
www.elephantboycomputers.com
"Don't Panic!"