In your script, insert something like - 

system ("chmod 755 cgi-bin/yabb2");
system ("chmod 755 cgi-bin/yabb2/AdminIndex.pl");
system ("chmod 755 cgi-bin/yabb2/FixFile.pl");
system ("chmod 666 cgi-bin/yabb2/Paths.pl");
system ("chmod 755 cgi-bin/yabb2/Setup.pl");
system ("chmod 755 cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl");


system ("chmod 777 cgi-bin/yabb2/Admin");
system ("chmod 666 cgi-bin/yabb2/Admin/*"); 


system ("chmod 777 cgi-bin/yabb2/Boards");
system ("chmod 666 cgi-bin/yabb2/Boards/*"); 


system ("chmod 777 cgi-bin/yabb2/Convert");
system ("chmod 777 cgi-bin/yabb2/Convert/Boards");
system ("chmod 777 cgi-bin/yabb2/Convert/Members");
system ("chmod 777 cgi-bin/yabb2/Convert/Messages");
system ("chmod 777 cgi-bin/yabb2/Convert/Variables");


system ("chmod 777 cgi-bin/yabb2/Help/English/Admin");
system ("chmod 777 cgi-bin/yabb2/Help/English/Admin/*"); 

system ("chmod 777 cgi-bin/yabb2/Help/English/Gmod");
system ("chmod 777 cgi-bin/yabb2/Help/English/Gmod/*"); 

system ("chmod 777 cgi-bin/yabb2/Help/English/Moderator");
system ("chmod 777 cgi-bin/yabb2/Help/English/Moderator/*"); 

system ("chmod 777 cgi-bin/yabb2/Help/English/User");
system ("chmod 777 cgi-bin/yabb2/Help/English/User/*"); 

system ("chmod 777 cgi-bin/yabb2/Languages/English");
system ("chmod 666 cgi-bin/yabb2/Languages/English/agreement.txt");
system ("chmod 666 cgi-bin/yabb2/Languages/English/censor.txt");
system ("chmod 777 cgi-bin/yabb2/Languages/English/*"); 

system ("chmod 777 cgi-bin/yabb2/Members");
system ("chmod 666 cgi-bin/yabb2/Members/*"); 


system ("chmod 777 cgi-bin/yabb2/Messages");
system ("chmod 666 cgi-bin/yabb2/Messages/*"); 


system ("chmod 777 cgi-bin/yabb2/Modules/Digest");
system ("chmod 777 cgi-bin/yabb2/Modules/Digest/HMAC_MD5.pm");
system ("chmod 777 cgi-bin/yabb2/Modules/Digest/MD5.pm");


system ("chmod 777 cgi-bin/yabb2/Modules/Time");
system ("chmod 777 cgi-bin/yabb2/Modules/Time/HiRes.pm");


system ("chmod 777 cgi-bin/yabb2/Modules/Upload");
system ("chmod 777 cgi-bin/yabb2/Modules/Upload/CGI.pm");
system ("chmod 777 cgi-bin/yabb2/Modules/Upload/CGI");
system ("chmod 777 cgi-bin/yabb2/Modules/Upload/CGI/Util.pm");


system ("chmod 766 cgi-bin/yabb2/Sources");
system ("chmod 755 cgi-bin/yabb2/Sources/*"); 


system ("chmod 766 cgi-bin/yabb2/Templates");
system ("chmod 766 cgi-bin/yabb2/Templates/default");
system ("chmod 666 cgi-bin/yabb2/Templates/default/*"); 

system ("chmod 766 cgi-bin/yabb2/Variables");
system ("chmod 666 cgi-bin/yabb2/Variables/*");

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In reply to Re^2: Issuing chmod commands using perl by localist
in thread Issuing chmod commands using perl by Anonymous Monk

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