Title: Permissions MESS!
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Permissions MESS!

 *  [Lins](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lins/)
 * (@lins)
 * [13 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permissions-mess/)
 * I just locked myself out of my client’s site by playing around with permissions.
   I set the root directory on the server to 777 using Dreamweaver and watched as
   wp-admin and wp-contents files disappeared from the screen before my eyes (remote
   view). Now I can’t get into any part of his site including viewing the front 
   end. How do I undo this? I don’t host this site, do I need to go through the 
   hosting co?

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 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [13 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permissions-mess/#post-3708671)
 * You need to set all of the folders back to 755 and all the files to 644 using
   your [FTP client](http://codex.wordpress.org/FTP_Clients) or whatever file management
   application your host provides.

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
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 * Last reply from: [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * Last activity: [13 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permissions-mess/#post-3708671)
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