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Setting File and Directory Access Permissions

 
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(Plesk for Linux) To review or change the permissions set for files and directories:

  1. Go to Files.

    The permissions set for files and directories are shown in the
    Permissions column. They are represented as three sets of
    symbols, for example, ‘rwx rwx r–’. The first set tells what the
    owner of the file or directory can do with it; the second tells what
    the user group, the file or directory belongs to, can do with the
    file or directory; the third set indicates what other users (the rest
    of the world, that is, Internet users visiting a site) can do with
    the file or directory. R means the permission to read the file or
    directory, W means the permission to write to the file or directory,
    and X means the permission to execute the file or look inside the
    directory.

  2. Locate the file or directory for which you want to modify permissions
    and click a hyperlink in the Permissions column.

  3. Modify the permissions as desired and click OK.

(Plesk for Windows) To set access permissions for a file or directory:

  1. Go to Files, locate the file or directory for which you want to
    set access permissions, and click the corresponding row.

  2. Click Change Permissions in the drop-down menu.

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  3. Do the following:

    • To make the file or folder inherit permissions from a parent
      folder (if it does not), select the checkbox Allow inheritable
      permissions from the parent to propagate to this object and all
      child objects. Include these with entries explicitly defined
      here
      .

    • To make the files and folders, which are contained in this folder,
      inherit the folder permissions you define, select the checkbox
      Replace permission entries on all child objects with entries
      shown here that apply to child objects
      .

    • To change or remove permissions from a group or a user, click the
      required name in the Group or user names list. If the group or
      user is not listed in the Group or user names list, select the
      required user or group name from the menu located above the list
      and click <img src="image/png;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAD/ACwAAAAAAQABAAACADs=" data-default-src="/en-US/obsidian/administrator-guide/images/75078.png"…

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