{"id":288,"date":"2018-07-25T10:22:30","date_gmt":"2018-07-25T10:22:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/litextension.com\/faq\/docs\/general-questions\/how-to-set-permissions-for-root-folder\/"},"modified":"2026-08-27T06:43:23","modified_gmt":"2026-08-27T06:43:23","slug":"set-permissions-for-root-folder-litextension-shopping-cart-migration","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/litextension.com\/faq\/docs\/migration-process\/migration-preparation\/set-permissions-for-root-folder-litextension-shopping-cart-migration\/","title":{"rendered":"How to set permission for root folder?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Setting the correct permissions on your root folder ensures LitExtension&#8217;s Connector can be installed and run properly, since incorrect permissions can block the migration process from reading or writing the files it needs. Here&#8217;s how to set them:<\/p>\n<h3>Via an FTP client (such as FileZilla)<\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li>Connect to your server using your FTP credentials.<\/li>\n<li>Locate your root folder (commonly public_html or similar).<\/li>\n<li>Right-click the folder and select File Permissions (or File Attributes, depending on your client).<\/li>\n<li>Set the permission value to 755 for folders and 644 for files. This allows the owner full read\/write\/execute access while keeping things secure for other users.<\/li>\n<li>If needed, check the option to apply the change recursively to all subfolders and files, then confirm.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7762\" class=\"thumbnail wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 1234px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-7762 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/litextension.com\/faq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/set-up-permission-for-root-folder.png\" alt=\"Set up permission for root folder\" width=\"1224\" height=\"1128\" srcset=\"https:\/\/litextension.com\/faq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/set-up-permission-for-root-folder.png 1224w, https:\/\/litextension.com\/faq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/set-up-permission-for-root-folder-300x276.png 300w, https:\/\/litextension.com\/faq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/set-up-permission-for-root-folder-1024x944.png 1024w, https:\/\/litextension.com\/faq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/set-up-permission-for-root-folder-768x708.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1224px) 100vw, 1224px\" \/><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\">Set up permissions for the root folder<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3>Via cPanel File Manager<\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li>Log in to cPanel and open File Manager.<\/li>\n<li>Navigate to your root folder, right-click it, and select Change Permissions (or Permissions).<\/li>\n<li>Set the value to 755, then save. Repeat for individual files if needed, using 644.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>If you have other questions or inquiries, please contact our Support Agents via live chat or email us at <strong>litextension@support.litextension.com<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":6184,"menu_order":14,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"doc_tag":[475,1249,1069,1250,4175,1251],"class_list":["post-288","docs","type-docs","status-publish","hentry","doc_tag-data-migration","doc_tag-ftp","doc_tag-litextension","doc_tag-permission","doc_tag-permissions-for-root-folder","doc_tag-root-folder"],"comment_count":0,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/litextension.com\/faq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/288","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/litextension.com\/faq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/litextension.com\/faq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/docs"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/litextension.com\/faq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/litextension.com\/faq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=288"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/litextension.com\/faq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/288\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7764,"href":"https:\/\/litextension.com\/faq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/288\/revisions\/7764"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/litextension.com\/faq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/6184"}],"next":[{"title":"How to get API from your store?","link":"https:\/\/litextension.com\/faq\/docs\/migration-process\/migration-preparation\/how-to-get-api-from-your-store\/","href":"https:\/\/litextension.com\/faq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/3815"}],"prev":[{"title":"How do I restore a MySQL from database dump?","link":"https:\/\/litextension.com\/faq\/docs\/migration-process\/migration-preparation\/how-do-i-restore-a-mysql-from-database-dump\/","href":"https:\/\/litextension.com\/faq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/4017"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/litextension.com\/faq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=288"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"doc_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/litextension.com\/faq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/doc_tag?post=288"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}