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How to change the file permissions


1. Make a connection to your server using SSH. Follow the instructions in FAQ:
How do I connect using SSH?

2. chmod is the command that changes the permissions of a file.
read has 4
write has 2
execute has 1
And the permissions are assigned to Owner, Group and Others(Public)
For example: 755 means:
Owner has read, write and execute permissions
Group has read and execute permissions
Others has read and execute permissions

If you want to change the permission for show.php, type the command
chmod 755 show.php

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