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  • #31373
    nosecreek
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    Is there a way to search an ftp server for specific file permissions? It has come to my attention that a site I maintain may be allowing 777 permissions on some files/directories that should not be that open, but since there are a lot of directories I don’t know how to go about finding the files in question. Any ideas?

    #63965
    TT_Mark
    Member

    Do you have SSH access to your server? (i.e. Command Line access)

    If so, I think the following command is what you want

    find -perm 777
    #63785
    nosecreek
    Member

    I don’t seem to have SSH access which could be a problem. Is there any other way to accomplish this (in ftp for example)?

    #63701
    clokey2k
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    I use FileZilla on Windows 7 and it displays the file permissions as a column. You might have to just go directory at a time to find them.

    Or maybe set the permissions on ALL files/folders, and then find files you want access to. (May upset a busy live site though!)

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