Setting Permissions of Directories and Files

Files

In order to be visible to other users, your web pages, images, css, etc. all need to have world reaable permission.

To do this (in GNOME):

• Find the file whose permissions you need to change

• Either:

• • Right-click the file, and select properties

• • Goto the file menu, then properties

• • press ALT and ENTER together

• Click on the Permissions tab

• Change Group Access to "Read-only"

• Change Others to "Read-only"

• Click OK

Directories/Folders

In order for folders or directories to be accessible to web users, you need to set the permissions to read and "access-files"

• Find the file whose permissions you need to change

• Either:

• • Right-click the file, and select properties

• • Goto the file menu, then properties

• • press ALT and ENTER together

• Click on the Permissions tab

• Change Group, Folder Access to "Access Files"

• Change Others, Folder Access to "Access Files"

• Click OK