The second set represents the group class. The remaining nine characters are in three sets, each representing a class of permissions as three characters. The first character indicates the file type and is not related to permissions. You should always make a backup of this file before you start making changes. htaccess by adding # to the beginning of the line. htaccess file you can comment that specific line in the. If you would like to check a specific rule in your. htaccess file, you may have added lines that are conflicting with each other or that are not allowed. (See the Section on Understanding Filesystem Permissions.) Command Syntax Errors in. The server also expects the permission mode on directories to be set to 755 in most cases. The server generally expects files such as HTML, Images, and other media to have a permission mode of 644. The server you are on runs applications in a very specific way in most cases. If you have made changes to the file ownership on your own through SSH please reset the Owner and Group appropriately. The server generally expects files and directories be owned by your specific user cPanel user. Some of these are easier to spot and correct than others. There are a few common causes for this error code including problems with the individual script that may be executed upon request.