Setting File Permissions

Please NOTE: These instructions are for our Linux servers. On our Windows servers, by default the permissions are set to execute scripts. If your script requires WRITE access please open a technical support ticket. In the ticket, be sure to include the directory which needs permissions changing.

File permissions allow you and others to access each file on your site for reading, writing, and executing. CGI scripts must be made 'executable' in order to function correctly, while HTML files should be 'readable' to everyone by default.

If you need to change file permissions on a particular file or directory, follow these steps with WS-FTP for Windows:

Right click on the file which requires permission change. Choose 'chmod (UNIX)' and left click. A window should appear then select the appropriate settings.

If you need to change file permissions on a particular file or directory, follow these steps with CuteFTP:

Right click on the file which requires permission change. Choose 'Change File Attributes'' and left click. A window should appear then select the appropriate settings.

Click on the check box next to the what you wish to enable. Access is split into three categories:

• OWNER : you; the owner of the file.
• GROUP : all the other users on the system.
• OTHER : everyone else (people from the outside).

Need more help? Visit our Online Support.