Title: CHMOD Help needed
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# CHMOD Help needed

 *  [bohoblog](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bohoblog/)
 * (@bohoblog)
 * [20 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/chmod-help-needed/)
 * I just found out how to actually connect to my website using WS_FTP. I uploaded
   wordpress using it, but when I try to change the permissions, all my files say
   command not understood.
 * Is this happening with anyone else? If you had this problem, but fixed it, please
   help me out.

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 *  [Samuel B](https://wordpress.org/support/users/samboll/)
 * (@samboll)
 * [20 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/chmod-help-needed/#post-357223)
 * Please describe step by step what you are doing.
 *  Thread Starter [bohoblog](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bohoblog/)
 * (@bohoblog)
 * [20 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/chmod-help-needed/#post-357320)
 * I’ve been following the The GoDaddy Installation Fix tutorial post. Ok, I log
   in to WS_FTP. I upload the files into my wordpress directory (already configured).
   Once they’re uploaded I right click all the files, scroll down and click the 
   chmod (UNIX) option. I click all the little boxes, and hit ok. But when I do 
   that, I get the command not understood message.
 * I’ve tried this in other FTP programs, and still get the same message.
 *  [furrtrap](https://wordpress.org/support/users/furrtrap/)
 * (@furrtrap)
 * [20 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/chmod-help-needed/#post-357322)
 * If you can get SSH (Secure Shell) access to the web server, it a more direct 
   approach, depending on how comfortable you are with command line administration.
 *  [smartguyin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/smartguyin/)
 * (@smartguyin)
 * [20 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/chmod-help-needed/#post-357324)
 * Try Clicking Apply first and then OK
 * If not done then Try clicking directly OK and see whether the things are done….
 * I too got these problems many times but doing mey help you… if it doesn’t go 
   to you hosting control panel and change it from there..
 *  Thread Starter [bohoblog](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bohoblog/)
 * (@bohoblog)
 * [20 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/chmod-help-needed/#post-357356)
 * smartguyin-
 * My version of FTP doesn’t have an Apply button, just an OK button.
 *  [Mark (podz)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/podz/)
 * (@podz)
 * [20 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/chmod-help-needed/#post-357357)
 * This looks like a server issue – have you asked GD ?
 *  Thread Starter [bohoblog](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bohoblog/)
 * (@bohoblog)
 * [20 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/chmod-help-needed/#post-357364)
 * podz-
 * Not yet. I’ll try that now.
 *  [fonternet](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fonternet/)
 * (@fonternet)
 * [20 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/chmod-help-needed/#post-357365)
 * I have go daddy too and I’ve spent about 12 hours over the last two days trying
   almost everything that’s been suggested on this site. I still can’t get it to
   work.
 * One thing I notice. If I click on the readme page via FTP to open the install.
   php I get an error that says it can not find the wp.config file, and that I’ve
   already installed wordpress. If I try to log directly into into the install.php
   outside of FTP, [http://xxxxxx.com/wp-admin](http://xxxxxx.com/wp-admin)\install.
   php I just get a page not found.
 * After reading the posts here I’ve come to the conclusion this can’t be done on
   Godaddy if you are running Windows on the economy plan.
 * You have to switch to linux or upgrade to the delux plan. Anyone know anything
   different?
 *  [vkaryl](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vkaryl/)
 * (@vkaryl)
 * [20 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/chmod-help-needed/#post-357366)
 * FONternet: This topic indicates it can be done:
 * [http://wordpress.org/support/topic/62572?replies=21#post-346700](http://wordpress.org/support/topic/62572?replies=21#post-346700)

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