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Permissions default to '600' (no access from browser) (2 posts)

• Started 7 months ago by cameoflage
• Latest reply 7 months ago from Scott McGuire

• cameoflage Member

  Every file that i upload has default permissions of '600', which does not allow access to the file from a web browser. i have to manually change the permissions for every file. it's really only a problem when i upload multiple files, but when i upload a large folder, it would take super long to change every one manually.

  is there a way to set default permissions for files that i upload?

  thanks.

  Posted 7 months ago #

• Scott McGuire Administrator

  Hi,

  The first thing I would suggest is that you double-check and make sure that your files are really set to permissions of '600' after uploading. If you check your permissions immediately after uploading, without refreshing the file list first, Fetch may be unable to show you the actual permissions - refreshing the file list forces the server to send an updated list of the permissions the file actually has.

  So after uploading a file, go to the View menu in Fetch, choose Refresh, and then get info on it to verify the actual permissions of the file.

  If it still has a permission of '600', then that's what the server has chosen as the default permissions to give files; the default permissions are set by the server, not by Fetch, and there is no way for Fetch to tell the server to use different default permissions.

  One thing to do is to contact the people who run the server and see if you can get them to change the default permission files are given, because as you note, that doesn't seem to be a very useful permission to give the files - so it may be a mistake in the server setup that can be corrected.

  However, if they cannot or will not change the default permission the server gives files, you can use Automator to create an upload droplet that will upload files to a specific folder on your server, and then set their permissions after they've been uploaded - this will save you from having to do it manually.

  You can find information on how to do this in the examples of using Automator with Fetch help topic; if you are not familiar with Automator, see our introduction to using Automator with Fetch" help topic.

  Please let us know if you have further questions.

  Thanks,

  Scott McGuire
  Fetch Softworks

  Posted 7 months ago #