Changing file permissions using Cyberduck
- Login to your web account using Cyberduck. For step-by-step instructions, see How to use Cyberduck to connect to Webserve.
- Once connected, move into the directory where your files reside. For example, if you want to change
the file permissions of the index.html file in your www directory, [1] click on the triangle next to the www folder.
This will open the www folder and display the files and subfolders within it.
- Once you have found the file or folder whose permissions you
wish to change, right click (or, for one button mouse users, hold
down the ctrl key and click) on the file or folder name.
This
will bring up a menu. Select Info.
- If the Permissions section is not displayed as in the image below, click on the triangle next to Permissions to view the permission
settings. To change the
permissions, [1] check the check boxes.
To make a web page viewable on the web, the check boxes for Owner, Group and Others should all have Read and Execute selected. The Write check box should be checked only for the Owner and not for Group/Others.
Note: On Webserve, permissions for files with these extensions: .php, .php4, .pl, .cgi should be set so that the check boxes selected are Read, Write, and Execute only for Owner. Group/Others should have no check boxes selected. These files are special files that require different permissions than standard html/shtml web files.
- Click Apply. Now check to see whether the page is viewable on the web. You may need to click Refresh/Reload in your browser.
