Comments on: FTP and Understanding File Permissions

By: Marius the Wanderer

Marius the Wanderer — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 11:50:54 +0000

Thank you *ever* so much! I used to know this stuff in my UNIX-weenie days. Fifteen years later I volunteered to be the Webmaster for my group and found I’d forgotten most or all of it. You have saved me several moments of cognitive dissonance and potential acute embarrassment!

By: abe

abe — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 05:03:01 +0000

great help guys !

By: John Galantini

John Galantini — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 07:30:48 +0000

Very helpful. My limited understanding of the File Permissions has been greatly expanded. Thank you for the advice.

By: Ramkumar

Ramkumar — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 21:18:45 +0000

Fine Article

By: Luis Danilo Ruiz

Luis Danilo Ruiz — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 00:37:53 +0000

Thnx, I was googling a full week, 'til I found this single phrase in your article. "Please note: This permissions tutorial applies to UNIX/Linux based servers only and although Windows does have a permission system, it's different and cannot be set by anyone using an FTP client."
I've learned this: Doesn't matter if you use FileZilla FTP Server in a Windows Server, You can't change any file permissions.

By: Steve Thomas

Steve Thomas — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 02:32:51 +0000

Great stuff!!!!!

By: Tobey

Tobey — Fri, 06 Apr 2007 00:25:56 +0000

Excelent explanation. Thx.

By: Robert Rand

Robert Rand — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 02:03:06 +0000

One thing you left out is that to be able to change attributes you must connect in Active and not Passive mode. If you connect in passive mode the file attributes in the right click pull down is greyed out…regards.

By: Val

Val — Tue, 06 Feb 2007 02:20:39 +0000

Can you tell me why when I chmod 666 a file or directory, it disappears from view. When I try to overwrite (delete, rename, or recreate) it, it gives me an error 550: No such file or directory. Thanks!

By: Luke

Luke — Sat, 26 Aug 2006 00:40:49 +0000

Thanks heaps!! Was limited to the work i could do because every time i modified my CGI in Windows and uploaded to unix server i would loose execute permissions, hence it would not serve to the internet, and i would loose the ability to debug. Now i can do it easy. Thanks…

By: Quark

Quark — Wed, 23 Aug 2006 00:56:11 +0000

Excellent explanation. From A to Z.

By: Fred

Fred — Thu, 08 Jun 2006 00:27:32 +0000

Thank you very much for the very helpfull information. I didn't know that you could set file permissions with FileZilla.

By: Anne

Anne — Sat, 29 Apr 2006 10:28:46 +0000

THANK YOU! I have been struggling for a week with how to set file permissions using Filezilla, and until coming across your article, I had no idea that it was actually the "file attributes." I also have a much better understanding of the logic behind permissions, and what everything means.