- All other files can not be altered by others but can be seen by others if they correctly guessed your filenames including the entire path.
- You can change file/folder protection mode with the command “chmod”. You can learn how to use it by the command “man chmod”.
- If you don’t want others to read any of your files, put “umask 077” in your startup file, and run “chmod -R go-rx *” once.
- To make your homepage still available to others, run “chmod og+rx public_html” afterwards.