make all files with write permision

[Mirror_Image]

hi

is there any way that in any FTP client when click permiisions and chnage to 777 then all files and directories also get that permission rather than only that directory

[Millenia]

Well it's probably just a matter of what FTP client you are using. Different clients have different features.

Although I have never seen one with such a feature, you can always try selecting more than one file/folder by selecting each files individually while holding Ctrl. That should select the ones you want, then try changing the permissions on one of the selected files/folders and it should change them all. (Note: Should)

[oesxyl]

hi

is there any way that in any FTP client when click permiisions and chnage to 777 then all files and directories also get that permission rather than only that directory

it's not a good idea and that's why in ftp clients is not implemented such a thing, as far as I know.
anyway you can look to -R option of chmod or you can use find and chmod to do that from ssh:

$ find -type f -o -type d -exec chmod 777 {} \;

best regards

[ohgod]

i know old versions of smartftp used to give you the option to apply the change to all subdirectories and files. but, it's no longer free... so dunno. it is a pretty dangerous thing to do.

[Mirror_Image]

whats the danger of that , can anyone explain indetail , whats the use of permissions

[Shinykirby]

whats the danger of that , can anyone explain indetail , whats the use of permissions

Exactly what it sounds like. You give permissions to certain users or usergroups to limit what they can or cannot do to files in the specified directory. For example, if you're running on a public network, you certainly don't want to give everybody write permissions because that runs the risk of losing all your files.

Denied permissions always take precedence over allowed permissions.

[oesxyl]

whats the danger of that , can anyone explain indetail , whats the use of permissions

along with Shinykirby replay, maybe this help:

http://www-sst.informatik.tu-cottbus...der_perm2.html

another problem except write access, and in my opionon bigger, is the permission to execute.
( 777 means ugo+rwx )

best regards

[Apostropartheid]

Unless you explicitly need the execute function (at that point you should be wondering why you need the execute permission), I don't see why you would set it for public, along with write. Filezilla has this functionality built in if you set the permissions on the root directory then check "Recurse into subdirectories and files".

[Mirror_Image]

what does execute permission mean , diff b/w read and execute?

[oesxyl]

what does execute permission mean , diff b/w read and execute?

means that file can be run or executed( like a executable program).
combined with write permision, a user can upload, or write excutable code into a file, then can run the script/programm.

best regards

[Mirror_Image]

u mean to say that user within the shell account can modify the code or any person outside the shell?

[oesxyl]

u mean to say that user within the shell account can modify the code or any person outside the shell?

ugoa,

Edit: http://www.codingforum.net/showpost....85&postcount=7

best regards

[Mirror_Image]

i have seen that before but could not understood completely