Throw the switch, damn you!

OK, so last night I attempted to "throw the switch" on the MT-powered version of DMfM, thus heralding in a new age of enlightenment. Well, OK, maybe not enlightenment, but at least an age of "not having to rely on Blogger".

Everything was set to go. The templates were working, the comments system was working, the style-sheet was working, even the pulleys to raise the monster up towards the lightning were working.

So, I threw the switch, and what happened? Well, the usual dramatic crackles of electricity as the archives were generated, but then a loud phut, as the main page failed to be written in the new location.

Any of you fellow geeks out there who might have a clue as to why:
a) I can't set write permissions on my main /www directory, or index.html, to 777
and
b) Why the hell MoveableType seems to need me to do so in order to write the main page

Please email me!

Update:
I took the dogs for a walk. There's nothing like walking in sub-zero temperatures, withhout your hat or gloves, to clear the mind.

A quick look on the MT forums reveals that, yes, you do have to have your root dir's permissions set to "slut level" - although I should be able to add back in some security as soon as it's off and running.

For some reason, I'm not being allowed to set this dir's permissions (despite the fact that it's ME paying for it). So, the sysadmins at my hosting company are looking into it.

As soon as that's done, it should all work, and we can kiss Blogger good bye!