{"id":2241,"date":"2009-08-18T09:04:24","date_gmt":"2009-08-18T06:04:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/helpcentre\/?p=2241"},"modified":"2026-03-17T15:19:04","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T13:19:04","slug":"chmod","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xneelo.co.za\/help-centre\/website\/chmod\/","title":{"rendered":"File and Folder Permissions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>File and folder permissions can be changed using either:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/xneelo.co.za\/help-centre\/control-panel\/how-to-access-the-file-manager\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">File Manager<\/a> within your Control Panel<\/li>\n<li>CHMOD command<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The <b>CHMOD <\/b>command (abbreviated from change mode) is used to change file and directory permissions on UNIX based operating environments. Customers that are familiar with the SSH \/ Telnet interface will be more familiar with this command than customers that use FTP programs and the File Manager tool to update file and directory permissions.<\/p>\n<p>Permissions can apply to the following three categories:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>User<\/li>\n<li>Group<\/li>\n<li>Other<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The three types of permissions that can be granted or denied to each of the above categories are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>read (r)<\/li>\n<li>write (w)<\/li>\n<li>execute (x)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The following matrix can be used to calculate permissions:<\/p>\n<table style=\"border: 1px solid #c0c0c0; width: 100%; border-collapse: separate; background-color: #ffffff;\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid #c0c0c0; padding: 5px;\">\u00a0Permission<\/td>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid #c0c0c0; padding: 5px;\">\u00a0User<\/td>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid #c0c0c0; padding: 5px;\">\u00a0Group<\/td>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid #c0c0c0; padding: 5px;\">\u00a0Other<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid #c0c0c0; padding: 5px;\">\u00a0Read<\/td>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid #c0c0c0; padding: 5px;\">\u00a04<\/td>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid #c0c0c0; padding: 5px;\">\u00a04<\/td>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid #c0c0c0; padding: 5px;\">\u00a04<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid #c0c0c0; padding: 5px;\">\u00a0Write<\/td>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid #c0c0c0; padding: 5px;\">\u00a02<\/td>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid #c0c0c0; padding: 5px;\">\u00a02<\/td>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid #c0c0c0; padding: 5px;\">\u00a02<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid #c0c0c0; padding: 5px;\">\u00a0Execute<\/td>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid #c0c0c0; padding: 5px;\">\u00a01<\/td>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid #c0c0c0; padding: 5px;\">\u00a01<\/td>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid #c0c0c0; padding: 5px;\">\u00a01<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid #c0c0c0; padding: 5px;\">\u00a0Total<\/td>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid #c0c0c0; padding: 5px;\">\u00a07<\/td>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid #c0c0c0; padding: 5px;\">\u00a07<\/td>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid #c0c0c0; padding: 5px;\">\u00a07<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>The CHMOD command has several options that affect its behaviour, with the most common option being -R to change the permissions on a directory recursively.<\/p>\n<p>The following shows the correct syntax and results of three popular CHMOD commands:<\/p>\n<p>Syntax: chmod 777 filename<br \/>\nResult: -rwxrwxrwx ftplogin users filename<\/p>\n<p>Syntax: chmod 644 directory<br \/>\nResult: drw-r\u2014r\u2014ftplogin users directory<\/p>\n<p>Syntax: chmod 644 directory -R<br \/>\nResult: drw-r\u2014r\u2014ftplogin users directory<\/p>\n","protected":false,"plain":"File and folder permissions can be changed using either:\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/xneelo.co.za\/help-centre\/control-panel\/how-to-access-the-file-manager\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">File Manager<\/a> within your Control Panel<\/li>\r\n \t<li>CHMOD command<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\nThe <b>CHMOD <\/b>command (abbreviated from change mode) is used to change file and directory permissions on UNIX based operating environments. Customers that are familiar with the SSH \/ Telnet interface will be more familiar with this command than customers that use FTP programs and the File Manager tool to update file and directory permissions.\r\n\r\nPermissions can apply to the following three categories:\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>User<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Group<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Other<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\nThe three types of permissions that can be granted or denied to each of the above categories are:\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>read (r)<\/li>\r\n \t<li>write (w)<\/li>\r\n \t<li>execute (x)<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\nThe following matrix can be used to calculate permissions:\r\n<table  border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td >\u00a0Permission<\/td>\r\n<td >\u00a0User<\/td>\r\n<td >\u00a0Group<\/td>\r\n<td >\u00a0Other<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td >\u00a0Read<\/td>\r\n<td >\u00a04<\/td>\r\n<td >\u00a04<\/td>\r\n<td >\u00a04<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td >\u00a0Write<\/td>\r\n<td >\u00a02<\/td>\r\n<td 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