Sign in Welcome! Log into your account your username your password Forgot your password? Get help Password recovery Recover your password your email A password will be e-mailed to you. GuidesWebServer Compare Descriptions: Hierarchical Permissions for Directory-Based Documents WebServer Compare Descriptions: Hierarchical Permissions for Directory-Based Documents By ServerWatch Staff September 15, 2000 Guides Share FacebookTwitterPinterestWhatsApp If a file comes from a directory that has no access file, the server checks each successively higher level of the directory tree and uses the permissions of the first access file found. Latest Posts Best Serverless Computing Providers in 2023 Servers January 18, 2023 Proxmox vs ESXi: Choosing the Best Hypervisor Reviews October 27, 2022 How to Become a Database Administrator Careers October 12, 2022 Augmented Data Management: Data Mesh vs. Data Fabric Servers September 28, 2022 Database Design Best Practices Servers September 7, 2022 Related Stories Guides Top Observability Tools for IT Administrators Franklin Okeke - August 27, 2022 Guides What is Synthetic Data? Susnigdha Tripathy - August 5, 2022 Careers Best Data Science Courses Sam Ingalls - August 4, 2022