chmodding files on localhost

[ahhgea]

Hello, I'm not sure if this is the right place to post this or not, but I recently started using Cutenews' CMS program and I'm required to chmodd my cutenews directory to 777. I have done this on my webhost, but before I go live I would like to see how my CMS looks and acts on my website through my localhost. Is there anyway that I can chmodd my files on my local host. I'm using xampp running php and mysql and winxp. I also run smartftp but you can't connect to localhost through it (i don't think.)

..or do I even need to chmodd them when they're on my localhost. Can someone help me please. If this is in the wrong place please direct me to the right place to post this so I can get some answers. Thanks.

p.s. I have posted this another time in a different forum. If this is against the TOS kindly let me know and I will delete the posting.

[Stephen Philbin]

Connecting to localhost via FTP would be totally pointless because you can move your files around on your own machine anyway. You can't chmod files and directories on Windows because chmod is a function to manage permissions of files and directories on Unix/Linux filesystems. And no, we do not allow multiple copies of the same thread/post, but you've just started coming here so don't worry. I've removed the copy of this thread.

[ahhgea]

Phew! Thanks for not canning me! Anyway are you familiar with Cutenews? If you are, do you know if I can test it on my local server?

[ray326]

Windows doesn't have the same permissions architecture in its file system so chmod means nothing to it. If your production host is unix-like then you need to test locally on a similar kind of system. Running a linux or bsd virtual machine would be one way to do it.