Edit Permissions

The Edit Permissions dialog lets you view and change the file system permissions for a site’s document root – including all subdirectories and files within it. This is useful when the web server reports “access denied” errors or parts of a page fail to load due to incorrect ownership or access rights.

Site

The name of the selected site.

Document root

The path to the document root of the selected site.

Owner

The user who owns the directory and all of its subdirectories and files. Use change to to select a new user.

Group

The group that has access to the directory and all of its subdirectories and files. Use change to to select a new group.

Access rights

For the web server to access the files in the document root and serve them to a browser, it needs proper permissions. If your web server is reporting "access denied" in its error log, or if parts of your web pages are missing, this may be due to access rights problems. MAMP PRO shows the access rights of the document root folder as well as all subdirectories and files within it. The following shortcuts are used: r = read, w = write, x = execute, - = not all objects have the same rights.

Change directory rights

Select this checkbox if you want to change the permissions for directories.

Change file rights

Select this checkbox if you want to change the permissions assigned to files.