Chmod 777 to a folder and all contents

I have a web directory /www and a folder in that directory called store.

Within store are several files and folders. I want to give the folder store and all files and folders within the store folder all permissions.

How do I do this? I am guessing via .htaccess.

If you are going for a console command it would be:

chmod -R 777 /www/store. The -R (or --recursive) options makes it recursive.

Or if you want to make all the files in the current directory have all permissions type:

chmod -R 777 ./

If you need more info about chmod command see: File permission

and if you have a symlink to said folder, to change the permissions on the symlink do chmod -h 777 /some_path/symlink

But I would suggest not to give 777 permission to all folder and it's all contents. You should give specific permission to each sub-folder in www directory folders.

Ideally give 755 permission for security reasons to web folder.

sudo chmod -R 755 /www/store

Each number have meaning in permission. Do not give full permissions.

N   Description                      ls   binary    
0   No permissions at all            ---  000
1   Only execute                     --x  001
2   Only write                       -w-  010
3   Write and execute                -wx  011
4   Only read                        r--  100
5   Read and execute                 r-x  101
6   Read and write                   rw-  110
7   Read, write, and execute         rwx  111

• First Number 7 - Read, write, and execute for user.
• Second Number 5 - Read and execute for group.
• Third Number 5 - Read and execute for other.

If your production web folder have multiple users, then you can set permissions and user groups accordingly.

More info

1. Understanding File Permissions: What Does “Chmod 777″ Mean?
2. What file permissions should I set on web root?
3. Why shouldn't /var/www have chmod 777

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