Does anyone have any input at all?

This is what I was told by a tech at GoDaddy:

"If this was a Linux hosting plan, that would work. However, you previously mentioned using a web.config which is Windows specific. Unfortunately permissions within a Windows hosting environment are inherent to the settings of the folder where your file resides."

He then went on to say that within all windows hosting packages that noone gives the ability to change the permissions on the root of the site so I will have the same issue no matter what hosting provider I use.

This sounds fishy to me, like a salesperson for the company rather then tech support help.

Thanks!

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I am learning the best I can. Thank you all for your help and advice!