Changing file permissions using WinSCP
- Login to your web account using WinSCP. For step-by-step instructions on
how to connect to Webserve using WinSCP, please see How to use WinSCP.
- Move into the directory where your files
reside by double clicking on the folder in the right pane. For example, if you want to change
the file permissions of a file in your www directory,
double-click the www folder to open it.
- In the example below, we will change the file permissions
for index.html located in the www folder. To change the
permissions, follow these steps: [1].
Right click on the file name or
folder
whose permissions you wish to set. A pop-up menu window will open.
[2] Select Properties.
For a larger view, click on image below.
- The Properties window for the selected file will open (see image below). To
change the permissions, you can either [1] check the Permissions check boxes or [2]
edit the Octal text field. Both the check boxes and Octal text field are synchronized, and a change in one area will be reflected
in the other.
To make the file viewable on the web, in the Permissions section of the Properties window, for Owner check R (for read), W (for write), and X (for execute). For Group and Others check R and X. Alternatively, we could type 0755 in the Octal text field.
Note: On Webserve, permissions for files with these extensions: .php, .php4, .pl, .cgi should be set so that the only check boxes selected are R, W, X for Owner (Octal = 0700). These files are special files that require different permissions than standard html/shtml web files.
- Click OK. Now use your browser to verify that the page is viewable on the web. You may need to click on the Refresh/Reload button in the browser window.
