How to change file permissions on a Mac

Here are the instructions to change file permissions on your public_html folder:

1. Access the terminal application, which can be found under the Utilities folder in the Applications folder in the dock.

2. Once the terminal application has launched, you will be sitting at a prompt. Connect to your ONID fileshare by typing:

ssh username@shell.onid.oregonstate.edu

3. It will tell you that the authenticity of the host can't be established and it will ask you if you want to continue, type yes and hit Enter.

4. When prompted, type your password. Note: Even though you type your password, no characters will appear. Don't worry, it is still reading what you type.

5. You are now in the root folder of your ONID file share. If you would like to make the entire contents of what is in your public_html folder available to be seen on the internet, simply type (or copy and paste):

chmod –R 755 public_html

If you only want to make specific files available online, type:

cd public_html

Now you are in your public_html folder. All you have to do to change the permissions on certain files is enter:

chmod 755 filename

6. Now you should be able to access your website from anywhere on the internet!

Your ONID website can be found at

http://orst.edu/~username/