Title: Folder permissions
Last modified: December 4, 2017

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# Folder permissions

 *  [Rodrigo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vejapixel/)
 * (@vejapixel)
 * [8 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/folder-permissions-5/)
 * Hello guys,
 * I used a backup plugin to do restore my site. At the time of restoration, the
   plugin showed me that it was not possible to transfer a particular file to a 
   particular folder, because the particular folder was not allowed to do so.
 * I realized that this only happened when the folder was `root root` (see [https://screenshot.net/pt/ly1dkfe](https://screenshot.net/pt/ly1dkfe))
 * These folders had this `root root` permission only when I manually transferred
   via FTP.
 * When right-clicking on the folder and selecting “file permissions”, the permission
   code was 755 the same as those that had `www-data www-data`.
 * This is normal?
    What is the difference between `root root` and `www-data www-
   data`?
 * Thanks,
    Rodrigo

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 *  [Neil](https://wordpress.org/support/users/neilgilmour/)
 * (@neilgilmour)
 * WCLDN 2018 Contributor
 * [8 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/folder-permissions-5/#post-9748339)
 * Hiya,
 * `root root` tells you that folder is owned by the user called `root`, who is 
   in the group called `root`. `www-data www-data` means a user called `www-data`
   in a group called `www-data`. Your ftp software probably uploaded the files as`
   root` by default. Try right-clicking and see if you can change the owner.
 * More info on file permissions can be found here [https://codex.wordpress.org/Changing_File_Permissions](https://codex.wordpress.org/Changing_File_Permissions).
 *  Thread Starter [Rodrigo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vejapixel/)
 * (@vejapixel)
 * [8 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/folder-permissions-5/#post-9748371)
 * Hello Neil,
 * Does that not interfere with permissions? That is, `root` will not mean that 
   only I owner have access to the page? Is it just an ID?

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 * Last activity: [8 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/folder-permissions-5/#post-9748371)
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