Advanced users may need to modify the access permissions and owner/group settings of files and folders. These settings can be adjusted for server items within Yummy FTP. For items on your Mac, the Finder is recommended.

To display and modify the permissions and/or ownership of items, select them in the Server directory listing and then either press the Info Toolbar icon, select Get Info from the File or contextual menu, or select Info from the Action button within the FTP Browser window.

The chosen permissions and ownership settings can be applied separately or at the same time to single or multiple items. Additionally, the settings can be applied to only folders, only files, or both. In the case of folders, it is possible to drill down into each sub folder, adjusting the settings for all the files/folders within, by selecting the Recursive checkbox.

Note that the Owner and Group settings can be specified numerically or by name. A list of names that have been supplied by the server are available from the popup buttons next to each each field. Also, owner and group settings are only available during SFTP sessions.

It is also possible to set permissions automatically while uploading files. To configure this, select the Server Options tab of the Preferences window, enable the Set permissions of uploaded files checkbox and configure the permission settings you require. This is currently a global setting which affects all connections.