{"id":1577,"date":"2022-09-28T15:30:02","date_gmt":"2022-09-28T20:30:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/informationstudies\/?page_id=1577"},"modified":"2026-04-01T16:52:39","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T21:52:39","slug":"fixing-workspace-permission-errors","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/informationstudies\/students\/it-department\/tutorials\/fixing-workspace-permission-errors\/","title":{"rendered":"Fixing Workspace Permission Errors"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"a0\"><strong>How to Fix Workspace Permission Errors<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>If you are receiving the following error, the permissions on your Student Workspace are not correctly set.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"default\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"765\" height=\"249\" src=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/informationstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/609\/2022\/09\/fix-permissions-1.png\" alt=\"Screenshot displayed 403 Forbidden permissions error\" class=\"wp-image-1581\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/informationstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/609\/2022\/09\/fix-permissions-1.png 765w, https:\/\/uwm.edu\/informationstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/609\/2022\/09\/fix-permissions-1-300x98.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 765px) 100vw, 765px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Log into your workspace account with FileZilla.<\/li><li>Right click on \u201cpublic_html\u201d and select \u201cFile permissions\u2026\u201d.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"aligncenter uwm-c-img--center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"717\" src=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/informationstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/609\/2022\/09\/fix-permissions-2-1024x717.png\" alt=\"Photo of FileZilla Interface\" class=\"wp-image-1582\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/informationstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/609\/2022\/09\/fix-permissions-2-1024x717.png 1024w, https:\/\/uwm.edu\/informationstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/609\/2022\/09\/fix-permissions-2-300x210.png 300w, https:\/\/uwm.edu\/informationstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/609\/2022\/09\/fix-permissions-2-768x538.png 768w, https:\/\/uwm.edu\/informationstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/609\/2022\/09\/fix-permissions-2.png 1055w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Change the numeric value to 755. In addition to this select the checkbox for \u201cRecurse into subdirectories\u201d and select apply to directories only. After this hit OK. Let this finish running.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"aligncenter uwm-c-img--center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"304\" height=\"409\" src=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/informationstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/609\/2022\/09\/fix-permissions-3.png\" alt=\"Photo of FileZilla change file attributes interface\" class=\"wp-image-1583\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/informationstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/609\/2022\/09\/fix-permissions-3.png 304w, https:\/\/uwm.edu\/informationstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/609\/2022\/09\/fix-permissions-3-223x300.png 223w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 304px) 100vw, 304px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Right click on public_html again and change the numeric value to 644, check the \u201cRecurse into subdirectories,\u201d click apply to files only, and then hit OK. Let this finish running.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"aligncenter uwm-c-img--center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"304\" height=\"409\" src=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/informationstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/609\/2022\/09\/fix-permissions-4.png\" alt=\"Photo of FileZilla change file attributes interface\" class=\"wp-image-1584\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/informationstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/609\/2022\/09\/fix-permissions-4.png 304w, https:\/\/uwm.edu\/informationstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/609\/2022\/09\/fix-permissions-4-223x300.png 223w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 304px) 100vw, 304px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How to Fix Workspace Permission Errors If you are receiving the following error, the permissions on your Student Workspace are not correctly set. Log into your workspace account with FileZilla. Right click on \u201cpublic_html\u201d and select \u201cFile permissions\u2026\u201d. 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