Setting default permissions

File Manager provides a way to reset file permissions on your domain files.

To set default file permissions:

1. Open the Site Administrator Home page.

2. In the File Manager area, click Set Default Permissions.

3. On the Set default file permissions page, select Edit to set permissions.

4. Resetting the default permission on your domain files the domain provides:

- Full Control to the entire domain will be provided to all the administrators of the domains (with Inheritance)

- The Web Visitor will be granted Read and Execute permissions on the Web Folder of the parent domain (with Inheritance)

- The FTP Visitor (if FTP is enabled) will be granted Read and Execute permission on FTP Root folder (No Inheritance) and

If you face problems with file permissions, then you can reset all the permissions using Set Default Permissions feature.

- Important: However, by doing so the following information will be lost:

- Any custom changes made to file permissions through File Manager.
  However, you can redo these operations using File Manager.

Below is an example, to be performed for each FTP user. Suppose the FTP user name is usr1@mydomain.com.

1. Open the Site Administrator Home Page.

2. In the File Manager area, select Manage Files and Folders option.

3. At the domain root locate the folder usr1@mydomain.com. This is the home directory of the FTP user.

4. Click on permissions and permit Read, Write, Execute or Full Control permissions (depending upon the requirement) to usr1@mydomain.com

5. Go to FTP Folder and permit Read and Execute permissions to usr1@mydomain.com

6. Note: If the home directory of the subdomain is set outside "Inetpub\wwwroot" you will not able to browse them. This problem occurs because the Web Visitor has no Read and/or Execute permissions on those folders.

In this case perform the following actions for all the subdomains:

1. Identify the home directory of the sub domain. It has to be a subdirectory of \Inetpub\wwwroot.

2. Using File Manager go to the home directory of the sub domain and select Permission.

3. Set Read (at the least) and Execute (if there are CGI programs) and Write (if needed to modify content) permissions for the Web Visitor.

Any custom changes can be made using File Manager. File permissions are very important for the security of your Web/FTP sites. Contact your Service Provider for further assistance.