# Files created by RoR are uneditable **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [November 23, 2005, 4:56am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/files-created-by-ror-are-uneditable/100539 "2005-11-23T04:56:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![jpigford](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/b5a626/32.png) [@jpigford](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jpigford)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2005, 4:56am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/files-created-by-ror-are-uneditable/100539/1 "2005-11-23T04:56:41Z")
Files that are created when say I run generate controller \_\_\_\_\_\_ apparently have some sort of permissions set that won’t let me overwrite them. So say I create something\_controller.rb…if I edit it in TextMate and then try to re-upload it (I’ve tried both Transmit and Dreamweaver) I just get a message saying I don’t have permission to overwrite it. Any ideas? ---
**Author:** ![jpigford](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/b5a626/32.png) [@jpigford](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jpigford)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2005, 5:31am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/files-created-by-ror-are-uneditable/100539/2 "2005-11-23T05:31:15Z")
Josh P. wrote: > Files that are created when say I run generate controller \_\_\_\_\_\_ > apparently have some sort of permissions set that won’t let me overwrite > them. So say I create something\_controller.rb…if I edit it in TextMate > and then try to re-upload it (I’ve tried both Transmit and Dreamweaver) > I just get a message saying I don’t have permission to overwrite it. Any > ideas? sounds like unix-style permissions on the file at the server. I assume that you are editing a local copy and uploading (the comment about Transmit) and that you are on Mac OS X. Check the owner of the remote files 1 - log in to the server with a terminal style application (or ssh depending on the security) 2 - ls -l should give you all the file permissions and the current owner Change owner 1 - chown filename username (I think, man chown for exact syntax) This should allow you to overwrite Kev ---
**Author:** ![jpigford](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/b5a626/32.png) [@jpigford](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jpigford)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2005, 2:49pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/files-created-by-ror-are-uneditable/100539/3 "2005-11-23T14:49:20Z")
On Wednesday 23 Nov 2005 04:30, Kev J. wrote: > 1 - chown filename username (I think, man chown for exact syntax) It’s the other way around: chown username filename 😉 ~Dave – Dave S. Rent-A-Monkey Website Development Web: [http://www.rentamonkey.com/](http://www.rentamonkey.com/)