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Warn that username and password are sent in plain text (can AAISP spell FTPS ?) |
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The username you use (login name) is also the web site name, e.g. www.testing.me.uk. This can be any subdomain of an entry for which you have set a password, e.g. people typically make a password for the top level, e.g. testing.me.uk, but log in as www.testing.me.uk which places them in the www subdirectory automatically on login. |
The username you use (login name) is also the web site name, e.g. www.testing.me.uk. This can be any subdomain of an entry for which you have set a password, e.g. people typically make a password for the top level, e.g. testing.me.uk, but log in as www.testing.me.uk which places them in the www subdirectory automatically on login. |
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You then find that your web site is in the /www/ directory (assuming you used a www. subdomain as the login). If you have other subdomains, such as www2.testing.me.uk then these are in a /www2/ directory, and so on. |
You then find that your web site is in the /www/ directory (assuming you used a www. subdomain as the login). If you have other subdomains, such as www2.testing.me.uk then these are in a /www2/ directory, and so on. |
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'''Warning:''' the username and password are sent in plain text. If you are worried by this, you might wish to use one-time passwords for web uploads. |
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[[File:Webhosting-ftp-indexhttp.png|300px]] |
[[File:Webhosting-ftp-indexhttp.png|300px]] |
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==FTP Errors and Problems== |
==FTP Errors and Problems== |
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*Your FTP Client Appears to be broken |
*'Your FTP Client Appears to be broken' entries in directories |
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**The client is sending ls -L to list the directory, this is invalid. In gFTP (Linux) this can be resolved in the preferences there is an option not to 'resolve remote symlinks' |
**The client is sending ls -L to list the directory, this is invalid. In gFTP (Linux) this can be resolved in the preferences there is an option not to 'resolve remote symlinks' |
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*Passive mode FTP will be required if the user is behind a firewall or NAT (This will be an option in their FTP client |
*Passive mode FTP will be required if the user is behind a firewall or NAT (This will be an option in their FTP client) |
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*Adobe Contribute |
*Adobe Contribute |
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**Its default settings do not work with our ftp server, you'll need to change the 'FTP performance optimization' option to be disabled. |
**Its default settings do not work with our ftp server, you'll need to change the 'FTP performance optimization' option to be disabled. |
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