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Problem:

Short tutorial on how to set Permissions in cPanel.

Solution:

File permissions can be changed in cPanel using the File Manager.
Simply right-click the file to change and select Change Permissions.

Linux is a multi-user environment. In a multi-user environment,
security of user and system data is very important. Access should be given
only to users who need to access the data.
From Cpanel open File Manager. Click on the file/folder name you wish to change permissions for.
Click "Change Permissions". Then select your permissions as appropriate for your needs.

r - Read permission. Whether the file may be read. In the case of a
directory, this would mean the ability to list the contents of the
directory.

w - Write permission. Whether the file may be written to or modified. For
a directory, this defines whether you can make any changes to the contents
of the directory. If write permission is not set then you will not be able
to delete, rename or create a file.

x - Execute permission. Whether the file may be executed. In the case of a
directory, this attribute decides whether you have permission to enter,
run a search through that directory or execute some program from that
directory.

You will generally want to restrict writable access to "group" and "world" permissions, and set them only for "user" access. Files you do not want changed (ie: read only) should have writable access turned of for all types of access.

If Setting to specific bit number values, they are:
r = 4
w = 2
x = 1


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