You can assign permissions to the files and directories in your hosting account yourself.
There are three types of permissions that can be configured for files and scripts:
Changing permissions via FTP
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Read permissions: |
permission to read files |
(r as in read) |
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Write permissions: |
permission to make changes to files |
(w as in write) |
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Execute permissions: |
Permission to execute files (programs) |
(x as in execute) |
Another way to use CHMOD is with numbers for assigning access permissions. Numbers in the octal system (0-7) are used for this.
The default permissions for directories are –rwxr-x-r-x or 755; for files the default is –rw-r--r— or 644.
The CHMOD calculator makes it easy to generate the equivalent number.
Web FTP
Creating additional FTP users