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Cpanel Tutorials
| How do I Change file/folder permissions through File Manager? |
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files on UNIX (including Linux and other UNIX variants) machines have
access permissions. These tell the operating system how to deal with
requests to access these files. There are three types of access: |
- Read - Denoted as r, files with read access can be displayed to the user.
- Write - Denoted as w, files with write access can be modified by the user.
- Execute - Denoted as x, files with execute access can be executed as programs by the user.
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Access types are set for three types of user group:
- User - The owner of the file.
- Group - Other files which are in the same folder or group.
- World - Everyone else.
The web server needs to be able to read
your web pages in order to be able to display them in a browser. The
following permissions need to be set in order for your web site to
function properly.
- All HTML files and images need to
be readable by others. The setting for this is 644 (readable by User,
Group, and World, and writable by User), and is set automatically when
you upload files.
- All folders need to be executable by others. The setting
for this is 755 (readable by User, Group, and World, writable by User,
executable by User, Group, and World), and is set automatically when
you create a folder.
- All CGI files (all files in the cgi-bin folder) need to
be executable by other. The setting for this is 755 (readable by User,
Group, and World, writable by User, executable by User, Group, and
World), and is not set automatically when you upload files. You need to
change file permissions manually. Refer to the Introduction to CGI topic for more information.
Warning:
It is important that none of your files or folders are writable by
anyone else. Any file or folder which is writable by others can be
erased by them. Generally there is no problem, just be careful how you
set your permissions.
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To change file or folder permissions:
- Navigate to the file or folder that you need to change.
- Click on the name of the file or folder.
- Click on the Change Permissions link in the top-right corner of the window.
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on as many tick boxes as you require to create the right permission.
The permission numbers underneath the tick boxes will update
automatically.
- Click on the Change button when you have finished
setting the permission. The new permission level has now been saved and
the display updated to show the modified file.
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