Setting File Permissions

The installation of a custom script often requires a special file permission; however, please note that the appropriate permissions are set automatically upon upload to your cgi directory. However, in some instances it may still be necessary to set a file or directory permission.

The recommended FTP client is WS_FTP. It can be used to set specific permissions on files and directories. There is a set of check boxes that you will use to change the permissions.

To change permissions, perform the following steps:

1. Open the WS_FTP program and connect to your website.
   
   
2. Select the file or the directory on which you want to change permissions.
   
   
3. Click your right mouse button to activate the pop up menu.
   
   
4. Select "chmod (UNIX)". A "Remote file permissions" window will appear.
   
   
5. Select the attributes that you want to set to the file or directory.
   
   
6. Select ok. You have now changed the permissions.

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Non-current version of WS_FTP
If you are using a non-current version of WS_FTP you may need to enter a SITE string to change permissions as follows:

1. Open the WS_FTP program and connect to your website.
   
   
2. Open the directory that contains the file for which you want to change permissions.
   
   
3. Click your right mouse button to activate the pop up menu.
   
   
4. Select "FTP commands" from the FTP Menu.
   
   
5. Enter the desired chmod command in the SITE string command field.

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