They won't even allow you to change permissions via FTP? Most FTP clients, including WS_FTP, AceFTP, and QFTP allow you to change permissions of files. They let you change permissions of Owner, Everyone, and Group.
Make sure that the permissions align with the following:
777 = rwx-rwx-rwx =
Owner = Read, Write, Execute
Group = Read, Write, Execute
Everyone = Read, Write, Execute
666 = rw-rw-rw-
Owner = Read, Write
Group = Read, Write
Everyone = Read, Write
644 = r--r--r--
Owner = Read
Group = Read
Everyone = Read
755 = rwx-r-x-r-x
Owner = Read, Write, Execute
Group = Read, Execute
Everyone = Read, Execute
That is really odd that your ISP will not allow you to change permissions via FTP.
Regards,
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Eliot Lee
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Anthro TECH, L.L.C
http://www.anthrotech.com/
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