Permissions

[ejso]

Good evening, I'm trying to change the permissions of files (as root), but it is not working. I entered File Management -----> Advanced File Manager

[Sandeep]

Use sftp manager .. Winscp

[ejso]

Good morning Sandeep, thanks for the excellent suggestion, was having trouble setting up FileZilla and CuteFTP 8.
But still have a problem, I can not change the permissions of directories or files.

[Sandeep]

Unknown problem ... linux won't run if permissions are not working

do you have the root access ?

what files and folders you're trying to change permissions ?

[ejso]

the you have the root access? Yes, I have access!

what files and folders you're trying to change permissions? I'm installing wordpress and is not letting install the plugins!

[Sandeep]

go to cwp >> user accounts >> Fix Permissions >> choose site's user from dropdown menu >> click Fix Account Permissions

[Administrator]

you should check that you have disabled FileSystemLock option in the users control panel, if FileSystemLock is enabled you want be able to make and changes.

[ejso]

Good day, please find where FileSystemLock the control panel, my thanks

[Sandeep]

login with user's name not root

[ejso]

My sincere thanks

[lbocko]

Where do I find Users-->Accounts on Dashboard? Installed a WP site in subfolder to set up before replacing current, but I have no permissions to add posts, menus, plugins etc. File Unlocked, and only see FTP accounts. I do not see where I can edit users.

[bluebrad]

i did a booboo i was typing in chmod 777 -r /home/ and now im getting this permissions 403 forbidden You don't have permission to access / on this server.
Server unable to read htaccess file, denying access to be safe

what are the defaults?
how can i recover from this

[ejsolutions]

Depends on your setup and which modules you are using..

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find /home/user_name -type d -exec chmod 755 {} \;
find /home/user_name -type f -name "*" | xargs chmod 644
or

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find /home/user_name -type d -exec chmod 750 {} \;
find /home/user_name -type f -name "*" | xargs chmod 640

Permissions of 777 should almost never be used!