MAMP PRO (macOS) Documentation

Permissions Panel

• Document root
  This shows the path to the document root of the selected host.

• Owner
  The user who owns the directory and all of its subdirectories and files.

  • change to
    Select a new user here.

• Group
  TThe group that has access to the directory and all of its subdirectories and files.

  • change to
    Select a new group here.

• Access rights
  In order for the web server to access the files in the document root folder and serve them to a web 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’s permissions dialog looks complicated at first glance, but it is actually very powerful. It shows you not only the access rights of the document root folder, but also the access rights of 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 check box if you want to change the permissions for directories.

  • Change file rights
    Select this check box if you want to change the permissions assigned to files.