Change File Permissions Action

The Change File Permissions action allows the access permissions of a file to be changed.

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File

The full path to the file which the permissions are to be changed for.

User or Group

The user or group which the permissions will apply to.

Remove existing permissions associated with this user

Forces all existing permissions that are associated with the specified user to be removed, before the new permissions are added.

Remove all existing permissions

Removes all permissions from the file, except for permissions that are inherited from parent objects.

Permissions

The list of the permissions to be applied to the file. Each permission can be toggled between Allow or Deny, possible permissions are