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Filezilla Changing File Permissions

Filezilla can be downloaded here.

Filezilla offers 2 methods for changing file permissions;

Method 1:

1. Open FileZilla and browse to the directory or file you would like to change the permissions of.
2. Right-click on it and click on “File Permissions…”
3. You will see a pop-up of the file permissions.
4. Check the boxes required, if you are in the process of changing permissions of a directory, choose the "recurse into subdirectories" option.
5. Click "OK" once done.
6. You can monitor the progress in the status bar.

Method 2:

1. File permissions can also be changed using the command line interface once FileZilla is open and connected.
2. In the Menu bar, go to "server" and choose "Enter Custom Command"
3. Enter this command:”chmod *** DIR“; where “***” is the numerical value of the required FPs and “DIR” is the location of the file to be modified. “chmod” stands for “Change Mode”
4. Click “OK” and you would get a message in the top Status bar informing that the command was a success.

WS FTP Changing File Permissions

WS_FTP can be downloaded here.

1. Open WS_FTP and browse to the directory or file you would like to change the permissions of.
2. Right click on the file, select FTP Commands from the menu, and then select chmod (UNIX).
3. Select the options by clicking the appropriate check boxes.
4. Alternitively you can enter a 3 or 4 digit number that represents the options. More information about these can be found here.
5. Click the "OK" button.

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