Changing permissions via FTP
You can assign permissions to the files and directories in your hosting account yourself.
There are three types of permissions that can be configured for files and scripts:
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Read permissions: |
permission to read files |
(r as in read) |
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Write permissions: |
permission to make changes to files |
(w as in write) |
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Execute permissions: |
Permission to execute files (programs) |
(x as in execute) |
Another way to use CHMOD is with numbers for assigning access permissions. Numbers in the octal system (0-7) are used for this.
The default permissions for directories are –rwxr-x-r-x or 755; for files the default is –rw-r--r— or 644.
The CHMOD calculator makes it easy to generate the equivalent number.
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