Linux FTP – FileZilla – Change Permissions

Most modern FTP clients support changing file/directory permissions. We’ll cover changing permissions using FileZilla on Linux. This can be very handy if you manage your Linux shared hosting account using FTP client or if you need to change permissions of files and folders fast. In this article, we will show you how to change the permissions of files and folders in FileZilla.

How To Change Permissions of files and folders in FileZilla

1. Connect to your FTP account using FileZilla.

You can do that using Quick Connect or directly through Site Manager. You can see how to do that from our articles here:

2. Find the file/directory on the right side and right click on it.

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3. This will open the permissions window. For directories you can also use change the permissions recursively, meaning that any files/folders in it will also be affected.

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