Managing Access Permissions for Files and Folders

Plesk provides setting up file and folder permissions, including defining special permissions and permissions inheritance, similarly to the way it is presented in Windows interface.

Note. For security reasons, permissions for Administrators, SYSTEM and Plesk Domain User cannot be changed or removed.

To remove permissions set for a group or user:

1. Click File Manager on your Home page.
2. Click corresponding to the required file or folder.
3. Select the required name in the Group or user names list and click next to it.

   Note: The icons appear unavailable for entries with permissions inherited from a parent object.

4. Select the required entry.
5. Clear the Allow inheritable permissions from the parent to propagate to this object and all child objects. Include these with entries explicitly defined here checkbox.
6. Select the entry again and click .
7. Click OK.

To set, change or remove permissions from a group or user:

1. Click File Manager on your Home page.
2. Click corresponding to the required file or folder.
   • To change or remove permissions from a group or user, click the required name in the Group or user names list.
   • To set permissions for a group or user, which is not in the Group or user names list, select the required user/group name from the drop-down box located above the list and click : the user/group appears in the list. Select it.
3. To allow or deny permissions to a selected group/user, select the Allow or Deny checkboxes corresponding to permissions listed under Permissions for [user/group name].

   Note. If check boxes in Allow and/or Deny columns are shaded, it means that the corresponding permissions are inherited from a parent folder.

   • To deny the permission, which are inherited from a parent object as allowed, select the required checkboxes under Deny. This will override inherited permissions for this file/folder.
   • To allow the permission, which are inherited from a parent object as denied, clear the Allow inheritable permissions from the parent to propagate to this object and all child objects. Include these with entries explicitly defined here checkbox: this removes the inherited permissions. Then select the required check boxes under Allow and Deny.
4. Click OK.

To set up permissions inheritance:

1. Click File Manager on your Home page.
2. Click corresponding to the required file or folder.
3. To make the file/folder inherit permissions from a parent folder (if it does not), select the Allow inheritable permissions from the parent to propagate to this object and all child objects. Include these with entries explicitly defined here checkbox.
4. To make the files and folders, which are contained in this folder, inherit the folder permissions defined here, select the Replace permission entries on all child objects with entries shown here that apply to child objects checkbox.
5. Click OK.

You can also set, change and remove special permissions including advanced management of folder permissions inheritance. In Advanced permissions management mode, several permission entries can be associated with a single group or user, each containing different set of permissions. Also, the list of permissions in Advanced mode is more detailed and gives more opportunities for fine-tuning file/folder permissions. It contains permissions that cannot be seen in Microsoft Windows interface, but present combinations of native Microsoft Windows permissions. They are Read Control, Write Control, and Execute Control.

To set, change or remove file/folder special permissions:

1. Click File Manager on your Home page.
2. Click corresponding to the required file or folder.
3. Click Advanced.
   • To create a permission entry for a group or user, select the required name from the Group or user names list and click .
   • To set or change file/folder permissions for a group or user, select the required name from the Group or user names list, select the required Allow and Deny checkboxes corresponding to permissions listed under Permissions for [group/user name].
   • To remove a permission entry for a group or user, select the required name from the Group or user names list and click .
   • To make child objects of a folder inherit its permissions defined under Permissions for [group/user name], select the Replace permission entries on all child objects with entries shown here that apply to child objects checkbox, and select checkboxes in the Apply onto: list which correspond to objects you want to inherit the permissions.
4. Click OK.

Note: You can also access the full range of access permission feature by clicking Web Directories on your Home page, navigating the web site structure, clicking the required directory and clicking Permissions in the Tools group.