# How to set a file's permission

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**Created:** [December 25, 2002, 2:45pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-set-a-files-permission/10141 "2002-12-25T14:45:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![ultramarc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/b487fb/32.png) [@ultramarc](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/ultramarc)\
**Post date:** [December 25, 2002, 2:45pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-set-a-files-permission/10141/1 "2002-12-25T14:45:46Z")

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how to set a file’s permission to 755? i had this tutorial that uses cgi and it says there to change the file’s permission to 755…how do i do that?

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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:** [December 25, 2002, 3:15pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-set-a-files-permission/10141/2 "2002-12-25T15:15:20Z")

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What are you using? ws\_ftp? telnet?

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**Post date:** [December 25, 2002, 6:34pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-set-a-files-permission/10141/3 "2002-12-25T18:34:19Z")

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do it with php:

chmod()

set the directory/file as 1 parameter and next parameter is permission…

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**Post date:** [January 5, 2003, 3:49am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-set-a-files-permission/10141/4 "2003-01-05T03:49:19Z")

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if u use telnet and your host runs on a \*nix machine, use the following command:

**chmod 755 yourfile**

be sure you give this command when the current directory (folder) is the one which contains ‘yourfile’

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**Post date:** [January 5, 2003, 3:11pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-set-a-files-permission/10141/5 "2003-01-05T15:11:13Z")

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huh? uhm…can i do that in simple HTML? what do i have to write there? and how?

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**Post date:** [January 5, 2003, 8:41pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-set-a-files-permission/10141/6 "2003-01-05T20:41:25Z")

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you cannot chmod files in html, because html is not rendered on the server. it is rendered on the viewers computer.

i was talking about telnet… if your host has telnet enabled, you can use it to chmod files … but you must know basic linux commands 😕

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**Post date:** [January 6, 2003, 1:53pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-set-a-files-permission/10141/7 "2003-01-06T13:53:08Z")

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i think he is asking just how to do basic chmod without getting into the linux hokey-pokey stuff.  
to do it in ws\_ftp, is hard… i dont know why, works for everyone else, but if you download smartftp ([smartftp.com](http://smartftp.com)) it gives you an option, and you can put a number.  
but make sure, some hosts you gotta put cgi files in cgi-bin, and some dont. cause if you have to put in cgi-bin, and you dont, it wont work

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**Post date:** [January 6, 2003, 8:45pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-set-a-files-permission/10141/8 "2003-01-06T20:45:34Z")

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well, the best way to chmod a file short and quickly is by downloading any ftp software (i for one use ‘cute ftp pro v2.0’ from globalscape);

when having any software of this kind, right-click the file you want to chmod and then search in the options for something regarding our subject… at least it workx this way with cute ftp…