Setting File and Directory Access Permissions

To review or change the permissions set for files and directories on
Linux systems:

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.

To set access permissions for a file or directory on Windows systems:

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

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

   

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
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