Download URL | Author URL | Software URL | Buy Now ($0)
This utility is used to calculate permissions for files used on UNIX servers. Normally, it is used in conjunction with an FTP operation.
CHMOD refers to the actual setting of the access permissions for a file. There are three different possible user levels, each with three different possible settings. The three user levels are Owner, Group and Other. The three possible settings are Read, Write, Execute. These settings are given numerical values. At the end, you just have to add togheter the values for the permissions you want.
The two most common settings are 755 and 777. CHMOD 755 is a read and execute permission. Owner, Group, and Other. Each column should have 3 check boxes below them, one each for read, write, and execute. In the first column, the owner, check all three boxes; that will yield a 7. In the second column, the group, click the first and third boxes, read and execute. Finally, the last column, the other, the first and third boxes should be checked. CHMOD 777 is a do e