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Setting Directory Permissions with Linux Hosting Accounts

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Last Updated: January 24, 2012 11:03 AM

You can set different directory permissions for each of the directories in your Linux Shared Hosting account. In this way, you can control who has access to your files and what actions they can perform on files within those directories. For more information, see Which permissions can my Linux hosting account use?

To Set Basic Directory Permissions on Your Linux Hosting Account

  1. Log in to your Account Manager.
  2. Click Web Hosting.
  3. Next to the hosting account you want to use, click Launch.
  4. In the Content section, click FTP File Manager.
  5. Select the directory or directories for which you'd like to set permissions.
  6. Click the Permissions icon.
  7. Select the permissions for the selected files.
    Web Visible:
    Allows the files to be seen from the web.
    Executable:
    Files are allowed to be executed and viewed by the public.
  8. Click OK.

To Set Advanced Directory Permissions on Your Linux Hosting Account

  1. Log in to your Account Manager.
  2. Click Web Hosting.
  3. Next to the hosting account you want to use, click Launch.
  4. In the Content section, click FTP File Manager.
  5. Select the directory or directories for which you'd like to set permissions.
  6. Click the Permissions icon.
  7. Click Advanced.
  8. Select both the Web user permissions and the Owner permissions for the selected files.
    Read:
    Allows anonymous users to view the contents of the selected directory.
    Write:
    Allows users to write to the selected directory.
    Execute (Directory):
    Allows users to execute scripts out of the selected directory.
  9. Click OK.