# Change permissions

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/change-permissions/22762>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [June 8, 2003, 8:12am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/change-permissions/22762 "2003-06-08T08:12:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![Neo\_Geo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d2c977/32.png) [@Neo\_Geo](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Neo_Geo)\
**Post date:** [June 8, 2003, 8:12am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/change-permissions/22762/1 "2003-06-08T08:12:09Z")

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i’ve downloaded a guestbook file:

but i dont understand this part;  
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3) Change the permissions of the ‘GuestBook.txt’ file to 777.

what is permissions? if you’re using geocities or brinkster, how can you change permissions?. which button should i press?

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [June 8, 2003, 8:27am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/change-permissions/22762/2 "2003-06-08T08:27:27Z")

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use SmartFTP! The best ftp program I’ve seen so far!

With WS\_ftp you can right click on the file once uploaded and select ‘chmod’ - Just check all the boxes off.

But with SmartFTp you can right-click the file, select properties and type in 777 in the permission textbox!

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [June 8, 2003, 9:46am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/change-permissions/22762/3 "2003-06-08T09:46:57Z")

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Yep, it’s true ! Got SmartFTP too, simply right click it, select properties and you can enter permissions (with checkboxes or the 777 number, very easy to use). Great program :beam:

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [June 8, 2003, 2:07pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/change-permissions/22762/4 "2003-06-08T14:07:47Z")

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or you can use PHP…

[http://us2.php.net/manual/en/function.chmod.php](http://us2.php.net/manual/en/function.chmod.php)

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [June 8, 2003, 5:33pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/change-permissions/22762/5 "2003-06-08T17:33:49Z")

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thank you very much