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Changing File Permissions using MacSFTP

  1. Login to your web account and change into directory where your files reside by double clicking the folders. For example, if you want to change the file permission of the email.html file in your www directory, double-click the www folder to open it.


  2. Now you will see the email.html file (or a file you intend to change the file permissions) on the SFTP window. Click once on the html file to select.



  3. From the Remote menu, Select Set Permissions ... . The Set Permissions window will open for the selected file. To change the permissions, check the check boxes. For example, to make the email.html viewable on the web, check read, write, and execute for the Owner, and read and execute for the Group and Other.

    Note: Permissions of .php files on Veritas/Champion should be set to 700 (read, write, execute for owner only).



  4. Click Save. Now check to see whether the page is viewable on the web by clicking Refresh/Reload.