24 Aug 10 Setting File or Directory Permissions
You may tweak the permissions of various files/folders in your website, from the File Manager interface. This can be achieved by following the process described below:
1. Select one or more files/directories and click on the Chmod button.
2. You have two options to set the permissions of a file/folder. Click here to understand various File Permissions and different Groups of users >>
a. Set common permissions of all files/folders
i. Select the Read, Write, Execute permissions for the groups – Owner, Group, Everyone.ii. If you have selected multiple files/folders, then you need to click on the Set all permissions button to set these permissions for all.
b. Individually select the permissions of each file/folder
You can set permissions to files/directories individually by selecting the appropriate check boxes provided for each file/directory. Alternatively, if you know the numeric value of the file permissions, you may enter the same in the textbox adjacent to Chmod value.
Note: If you are setting the permission for a directory, you can choose to set the same permission to all the files/subdirectories within that directory by selecting the check box adjacent to Chmod also the files within this directory or/and Chmod also the subdirectories within this directory.
to submit the permissions.Be extremely careful when modifying the file/directory permissions, as it may lead to website visitors either not being able to view a particular file or worse have read/write/execute access to a file that you may not have wished to grant.
If you feel you have erred, you may either seek expert advise or simply delete and re-upload the original file/folder (after taking a backup of the current file/folder).
Tags: Check Boxes, Common Files, Current, Delete, Directories, Directory Permissions, File Folder, File Manager, File Permissions, Folders, Group, Groups, Manager Interface, Multiple Files, Numeric Value, Owner, Owner Group, Tweak Files, Upload File
19 Aug 10 Archiving Files/Directories
Files/directories on your website can be archived, as explained below from within your File Manager:
1. Select the files/directories which you wish to be archived and click on Zip, in the top right-hand corner of the page.
2. You may either store the archive on your website itself or have it emailed to you -
- If you wish to have the archived file saved on the hosting server, select the check box adjacent Save the zip file on the FTP server as and provide a name for the archive in the text box next to it.
- You may also have the archive mailed to a specified email address by selecting the check box adjacent Email the zip file in attachment to and providing an email address in the text box next to it. If you wish to have a message sent to the recipient, the same can be provided in the text box next to Some additional comments to add in the email.
3. Click to initiate the archival process.
Tags: Directories, Email Address, Email Attachment, Email File, File Manager, Ftp Server, Hosting Server, Recipient, Zip File
08 Aug 10 Deleting/Renaming Files or Directories
Should you require to delete or rename one or more Files/Directories, you may proceed with caution, as explained below:
Deleting Files/Directories
1. Select one or more files/directories which needs to be deleted and click Delete, on the top right-hand corner of the page.
2. Click
Renaming Files/Directories
1. Select one or more files/directories which need to be renamed and click Rename.
2. Provide the new name for each file/directory.
3. Click
Tags: Caution, Delete Files, Deleting Files, Directories, Rename Files, Renaming Files
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