Unix rights


UNIX Rights are set by a chmod command *most FTP clients will allow this* and consist of a string of 3 numbers. 777, 755, 775, 744 etc. each number corresponds to a level of access for each group which are in order Owner, Group, Everyone (also know as Others).

r = read access
w = write access
x = execute access (or run, used mostly for compiled or interpreted languages like C, PHP and ASP)
0 - - -
1 - - x
2 - w -
3 - w x
4 r - -
5 r - x
6 r w -
7 r w x

The most common setting is 755, meaning that everyone can read and run anything on the server but only the owner (me) has permission to modify that file/folder.