cache activation

[eluser]ashbyrich[/eluser]
having set this up on my development server without any probs I tried to implement on live server without success. I have set system/cache dir to 666 but it doesn't write the cache files.... Am I missing something?

[eluser]Armchair Samurai[/eluser]
Try setting permissions to 777.

[eluser]ashbyrich[/eluser]
Thanks that worked....but not entirely sure why?

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