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How can we help you? - There are no suggestions because the search field is empty. 1. [Help Center](https://help.ishosting.com/en) 2. [Server Administration](https://help.ishosting.com/en/server-administration) 3. [Other](https://help.ishosting.com/en/server-administration#other) # Setting Up Access Rights ## General Information on Access Rights Users by access rights are divided into three categories: - **owner** - the owner of the account (other users can also get the owner's rights), - **the user group that the owner belongs to** (by default, it has the same rights as the "others"), - **the rest** - visitors of the resource. Rights may include: - **read (r),** - **record (w),** - **execution (x).** User rights can be written in numbers and letters in the following form:  | **Digital** **notation** | **Letter notation** | **Rights** | | --- | --- | --- | | 0 | --- | No rights | | 1 | --x | Execution | | 2 | -w- | Recording | | 3 | -wx | Recording and execution | | 4 | r-- | Reading | | 5 | r-x | Reading and execution | | 6 | rw- | Reading and writing | | 7 | rwx | Recording, writing and execution |   The rights are specified in the following sequence: - for the owner - for the group, - for other users. For example, write 744 (or rwx r-- r--) means that the owner can read, write, and execute (7 / rwx), and everyone else can read only (4 / r--). Rights are set differently for files and directories: | **Rights** | **For files** | **For directories** | | --- | --- | --- | | r, reading | View content | View content i.e. objects in directory | | w, writing | Changing content | Changing the contents of the directory, i.e. you can add, delete and change objects in the directory | | x, execution | Launching a file for execution | Entering to directory | Examples of access rights combinations: | **Numbers** | **Letters** | **Rights** | | --- | --- | --- | | 700 | rwx------ | The owner can view and change the contents of a directory or file, run a file, or enter a directory. Other users have no access. | | 744 | rwxr--r-- | The owner can view and change the contents of a directory or file, run a file, or enter a directory. Other users can only view the contents of the directory or file |   You can use the **ls -l** command to view the set rights. Permissions for files are marked with "**-**", for directory "**d**": ``` User-name@server:~/test_home$ ls -ltotal 4drwx------ 2 username customers 4096 Mar 10 12:30 directory-name-rw-r--r-- 1 username customers    0 Mar 10 12:30 file-name.txt ``` ### Setting Up Access Rights You can configure file and directory permissions in two ways: - via SSH connection, - via an FTP client. #### Via SSH Permissions are set with the **chmod** command. We recommend using digital notation. Enter zero before the rights. ``` chmod 0xxx file-name (or directory-name) ``` For example: Set 700 rights on file-name.txt: ``` username@server:~/test_home$ chmod 0700 file-name.txt ``` Set 777 rights to directory-name directory: ``` username@server:~/test_home$ chmod 0777 directory-name/ ``` The –R option allows you to assign rights recursively. To grant 744 rights to all objects and subdirectories in the current directory: ``` username@server:~/test_home$ chmod -R 0755 * ``` #### **Via FTP (FileZilla)** 1. Connect to the server. 2. Select the required file or directory. Right-click on it and select File rights. 3. Set the required rights. It is also possible to apply settings to subdirectories here. 4. Save your changes. 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