Can You Explain the Different Custom Directory Permissions?
Last Updated:
May 7, 2007 10:47 AM
These are the different directory permissions you can apply to the custom directories you create for your Windows hosting account using the Hosting Control Center:
- Read Permission
- This enables anonymous users to view the contents of a directory.
- Web Permission
- This enables anonymous users to view files in a directory through a Web browser using HTTP.
- Browse Permission
- This enables anonymous users to view all files in the directory (in directory listing format) by pointing their Web browser to the directory path. You must enable “Read” and “Web” permissions for "Browse" permission to work properly.
- Write Permissions
- This enables anonymous users to modify the contents of a directory.
- Set Root
- This enables you to set the directory/subdirectory folder as an application root in the Web server within your site. An application root is the root directory for an application. All directories and files contained within the application root are considered part of the application.
- Reset
- Click this to reset the permissions for this directory to their default values. This action will remove the directory from the list of custom-permission directories (but the directory on the file system will not be deleted).