Can't chmod file (was: MAJOR Putty bug)

[Bob Proulx]

Derrick Manor wrote:
> I am using, or trying to use Putty to change a file ownership on an
> Apache server.

You seem to be confusing putty with chmod.  Those utilities are not
related to each other.  People looking at your subject line will
believe that this thread is talking about putty when in reality you
are asking about chmod.  A reasonable subject line is important.

Please read this reference:

  http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/faq/#How-do-I-report-a-bug_003f

> However, the chown command does not work. Tells me there is no such
> directory or file

If the chmod command is telling you no such file or directory then the
problem is that the file isn't there.  The command can't change the
mode of files that are not there.

Go back and double check your filename.  The problem is there.

If you still don't see it then show us exactly the command you are
executing.  Cut and paste both the command and the output.  So this as
plain text (not as a graphics image) so that we can know what you are
doing and what result you are getting.

Bob