Step-by-step Guides
File Permissions
The following example uses the Filezilla FTP software to set the file permissions for a CGI script. If you would like
to download Filezilla click here.
1. Open Filezilla and connect to your hosting space.
Select the file you wish to change the permissions for and right click
on it. From the contextual menu choose the File attributes... option.
2. A pop-up window will now appear with three headings:
Owner, Group and Public. Each heading has three check boxes under it representing
the permissions each has. To run cgi scripts the files permissions need
to be set to 755 i.e. Owner has full permissions, Group has Read
and Execute permissions and Public also has
Read and Execute permissions. In the Numeric value field enter
the number 755 and click OK.
