{"id":20826,"date":"2021-12-28T17:06:25","date_gmt":"2021-12-28T17:06:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hostandtech.com\/help\/?p=20826"},"modified":"2022-03-03T17:51:17","modified_gmt":"2022-03-03T17:51:17","slug":"how-to-change-file-permissions-within-cpanel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hostandtech.com\/help\/cpanel\/how-to-change-file-permissions-within-cpanel\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Change File Permissions Within cPanel"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"20826\" class=\"elementor elementor-20826\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a206308 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a206308\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-bc5fc06\" data-id=\"bc5fc06\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-32c62f8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"32c62f8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>This article explains how to change file permissions in cPanel. File permissions enable operating systems to understand how requests to access files should be handled.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f5ea9ec elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f5ea9ec\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-91692e4\" data-id=\"91692e4\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d5f7f28 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d5f7f28\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Types Of File Permissions<\/h2><p>There are three levels of file permission:<\/p><ul><li><strong>The Read permission<\/strong>: allows you to read a file.<\/li><li><strong>The Write permission:<\/strong> enables you to modify a file.<\/li><li><strong>The Execute permission:<\/strong> allows you to execute a file.<\/li><\/ul><p>Requests to read, write or execute can come from the user as well as other programs and files which need to access the file. This latter group includes requests sent over the internet that allow users to access a website.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-56493af elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"56493af\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7c5748b\" data-id=\"7c5748b\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dff30db elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"dff30db\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>File Permission Usage<\/h2><p>A web server, for example, needs to read a website\u2019s pages so that it can display them in a user\u2019s browser. For your website to work correctly, therefore, the following permissions will need to be set.<\/p><ul><li>Your website\u2019s HTML files and images need to be writeable by the user and readable by others. These permissions are set automatically when the file is uploaded or installed.<\/li><li>Your folders need to be executable by others. The default permissions which allow this are also automatically set. These use the value 755 which means the files are readable and executable by User, Group and World, but only writable by the User (owner).<\/li><li>One set of files for which permissions are not set automatically is the CGI files (i.e. those files in the cgi-bin folder). These, too, need to be executable by others and require the same 755 value settings as in the bullet point above. However, as permissions are not set automatically, you may need to change them manually after the files have been uploaded.<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3d408e4 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3d408e4\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-bd5ea1c\" data-id=\"bd5ea1c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cad6ef5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cad6ef5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Changing file permissions in cPanel<\/h2><p>To change file permissions in cPanel, follow these steps:<\/p><ul><li>Log in to cPanel.<\/li><li>Locate\u00a0<strong>Files<\/strong> section and click on the <strong>File Manager<\/strong>.<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e7f6eed elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"e7f6eed\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"159\" src=\"https:\/\/hostandtech.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/File-Manager-e1640023156870-768x159.png\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-19681\" alt=\"File Manager\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hostandtech.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/File-Manager-e1640023156870-768x159.png 768w, https:\/\/hostandtech.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/File-Manager-e1640023156870-300x62.png 300w, https:\/\/hostandtech.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/File-Manager-e1640023156870-1024x212.png 1024w, https:\/\/hostandtech.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/File-Manager-e1640023156870.png 1057w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-46d2682 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"46d2682\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li>In File Manager, locate the folder or file whose permission you wish to change.<\/li><li>After that, select the file or folder you want to change by clicking its name. Once it is highlighted in blue, click the Permissions button (with the key icon) in File Manager\u2019s top menu.<\/li><li>A dialog box will then open where you can see the existing permissions for that file or folder.<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3c7f2af elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3c7f2af\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"495\" height=\"316\" src=\"https:\/\/hostandtech.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/File-Premission.png\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-20977\" alt=\"File Permissions\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hostandtech.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/File-Premission.png 495w, https:\/\/hostandtech.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/File-Premission-300x192.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 495px) 100vw, 495px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7a0fbb1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7a0fbb1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li>The three categories, User, Group and World, are displayed across the top and their <strong>Read<\/strong>, <strong>Write<\/strong> and <strong>Execute<\/strong> permissions are in the columns underneath. A highlighted checkbox indicates that permission has been granted.<\/li><li>To change permissions, <strong>check<\/strong> or <strong>uncheck<\/strong> the required boxes. When you do this, the permission value numbers at the bottom will automatically update.<\/li><li>Once you have made your changes, click on the <strong>Change Permissions<\/strong> button to save the new permission settings.<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eb3254a elementor-alert-info elementor-widget elementor-widget-alert\" data-id=\"eb3254a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"alert.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-alert\" role=\"alert\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-alert-title\">Note<\/span>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-alert-description\">Do remember that if permissions are modified incorrectly, it could affect the functionality of your website.<\/span>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e0c2cd8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e0c2cd8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>For more information on how to use cPanel, visit our <a href=\"https:\/\/hostandtech.com\/help\/tag\/cpanel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">cPanel<\/a> section.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7dd381f elementor-widget elementor-widget-elementor-faq-schema\" data-id=\"7dd381f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"elementor-faq-schema.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t                                    <script type=\"application\/ld+json\">\n                    {\n                        \"@context\": \"https:\/\/schema.org\",\n                        \"@type\": \"FAQPage\",\n                        \"mainEntity\": [\n                         {\n                            \"@type\": \"Question\",\n                            \"name\": \"What Are The Types Of File Permissions?\",\n                            \"acceptedAnswer\": {\n                                \"@type\": \"Answer\",\n                                \"text\": \"&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The Read permission&lt;\/strong&gt;: allows you to read a file.&lt;\/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The Write permission:&lt;\/strong&gt; enables you to modify a file.&lt;\/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The Execute permission:&lt;\/strong&gt; allows you to execute a file.&lt;\/li&gt;&lt;\/ul&gt;\"\n                            }\n                                                    },\n                                             {\n                            \"@type\": \"Question\",\n                            \"name\": \"What Are The Uses Of File Permissions?\",\n                            \"acceptedAnswer\": {\n                                \"@type\": \"Answer\",\n                                \"text\": \"&lt;p&gt;A web server, for example, needs to read a website\u2019s pages so that it can display them in a user\u2019s browser. 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