a little more help with python server-side scripting

[John Salerno]

Steve Holden wrote:

>> Where does this line go? Just at the top as well?
> 
> Nope. I presume you can log in to your web server using ssh or telnet or 
> similar. In which case you do so. Then use the commands
> 
> cd {wherever}/cgi-bin
> chmod +x test.py
> 
> to make the script executable, and therefore recognised as a proper 
> script by Apache.

I'm afraid I still don't understand. I guess this step isn't necessary, 
since the script seemed to run anyway, but I'd like to know this anyway. 
The way I log into my server space is by an FTP program, so I don't see 
an occasion to actually *type* in any kind of commands.