FTP is the File Transfer Protocol. The protocol is commonly used along side an FTP client for uploading and downloading files.
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Cannot alter file permission on server (550). Is this because I have no domain name?
I am building a site on a CMS (modx) for a client who has not decided on their domain name. I have access to WHM so just set up an account with out pointing any domain name to it and began developing ...
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Wordpress install directory, how to change it?
I have my wordpress installation on mywebsite.com/blog
I now want to turn my entire mywebsite.com site into a CMS by use of the Wordpress CMS, whilst still maintaining /blog as the blog area.
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Website still displays deleted files
I went to update a websites CSS today and noticed whenever I uploaded the file with my changes nothing would happen - no changes would appear on my site. This was the same with any of the images I ...
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Clearing all FTP sessions
I am receiving this error:
I've closed down all of my FTP Clients (I use Panic Transmit + Coda on my Macbook & Filezilla on my other laptop). And I've locked my FTP and unlocked it again from ...
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WordPress CSS doesn't update [migrated]
I've got a new WordPress website that I'm testing that hasn't been updating properly when CSS styles are updated over FTP. I haven't got a cache plugin and I have cleared my browser cache and have ...
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FTP: Cannot change permission or write to 1 directory via FTP client, but all others are OK
I have a site with loads of directories. They all work fine but one. I can read from this directory but I cannot delete files from within it or upload files to it. I cannot change its permissions ...
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Symbolic link of file on ftp server to file on dropbox
Can I create a symbolic link from an ftp server (file on website) to a Dropbox URL? I'm trying and it's seeming to work correctly. My problem is a video isn't playing correctly on my site, but I know ...
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FTP GoDaddy Issues
Is there a special port for godaddy servers?
Do I have to call them to enable ftp support?
I can login w the username and password on the control panel on godaddy.com but not on ftp.
I'm not sure ...
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What can cause ncftpget to create load on server?
When I'm transferring big files between two servers with ncftpget I'm experiencing very high load on the receiving server. What can cause this?
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CSS files not updating on FTP transfer overwrite
I have a weird issue: I have made changes to a CSS document but when I upload it and overwrite the existing file nothing changes - the old file remains.
I have tried this on several FTP clients to ...
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Changed an account URL in WHM, are raw FTP logs lost? [closed]
Earlier this morning I changed an account URL in WHM for an account. Not the entire account, just the URL. I just tried to download the raw FTP logs and its telling me they're empty. I can get the ...
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Is there a way to retrieve a FTP/cPanel accounts password using WHM?
I know you can reset an accounts password with WHM, but does any one know a way to retrieve an existing one?
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Is there free windows ftp gui client that enable 2 remote locations side by side, instead of local+remote? [closed]
I need FTP client that allow me to move files in the server easily. I want to have side by side 2 server locations. In Filezilla for example I can see local & remote. I want remote & remote ...
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Cannot change file permission via FTP: '500 - command not understood'
I have an old site that is in danger of being compromised as many of the directories and files have permissions set to 777. However, when I try to change them to 555 via FileZilla I get the error
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Deleted files still accessible without www in url
I have deleted all files and all hidden files off my server, there is nothing but log files which cannot be deleted.
Ironically, files are accessible when nothing is there. Cache cleared, multiple ...
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How can I transfer files from one server to another server using FTP
How can I transfer files from one server http://abc.com to another server http://xyz.com
I do have the ftp passwords of http://abc.com [source server] and destination server.
Which tool can be used?
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Best Web designing Software with realtime online editing supported by Explicit FTP OVER TLS?
i have found out that Adobe Dreamveiwer CS5 doesn't supoort FTP server which has Explicit FTP OVER TLS Type Connection . and searched Adobe Forum and Confirmed that the feature yet to Implement in ...
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How to upload a web site
So I have been experimenting with web design for the last year and I was always viewing the web pages locally on my machine. Now a friend wants to create a web page and I have already designed ...
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Failure retrieving contents of directory
Currently I have a couple of websites. My problem is that if I login on 1 specific domain with any of my programs (using notepadd++, FileZilla and Netbeans) the program stops at the content listing.
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Which Web Hosting service should choose? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to find web hosting that meets my requirements?
I was using a web hosting service (no need to mention its name) that causes me a lot of trouble with my code, ...
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Website / ftp management software with easy ACL [closed]
I need to create users and give them ftp access to a specific paths (e.g. mike -> /var/www/html/mike ; bob -> /var/www/html/bob )
I'm using Centos / linux server. Is there any plug & play ...
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FTP file access problem
I recently got a malware on my website. I have made the backup of the website on my computer and trying to wipe off my FTP. I am trying to delete the root folder but getting this error message on all ...
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Dreamweaver CS5 Test server works but cannot connect to host server through files window
I've been managing this site for a long time and update coupons on it approximately every 60 days. For some reason, I'm not having problems:
I opened DW CS5 today and made the changes necessary to ...
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How can I upload or delete files to multi-ftp servers [closed]
Is there a program for upload or delete files to multi-ftp servers.
eg.
Ftp sites:
ftp.a-site.com
ftp.another-site.com
Command:
DELETE a-file From All FTP SITES
Or:
DELETE a-file or ...
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How do I create (or remove) another FTP account for a client in Plesk?
I've currently got a reseller account with my hosting provider that I use for my clients (for their websites).
And I need to add/remove a FTP user, but for the life of me I can't work out how!
Am ...
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Add rules (filters) to ftp programs to avoid uploading certain files/folders
i use Filezilla as my ftp client, but this question goes to any other client that could be useful.
Can i (in any client) add rules (filters) to an ftp program to avoid upload of certain files or ...
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Students publishing their websites to Amazon S3
I want students to publish their static websites to Amazon S3. But I can't have them all create AWS accounts because it requires their credit cards even for the free usage tier. I don't mind letting ...
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FTP client says directory permissions are 0000
I encountered a problem that appears to be related to permissions (same as this one). When I looked at the permissions of various directories in FireFTP, they all were 0000, which is obviously ...
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Migrating a 20GB website to Netfirms .. Would like solutions
I am a non-profit who is transferring my site to Netfirms and their "plus" shared hosting plan. All they give me is FTP access, and a silly decompressor webapp called "Archive Gateway" that can ...
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How to upload test site without an access to SSH?
Not sure which forum to ask this question though. Well, I have absolutely zero knowledge in SSH and still learning PHP (very basic knowledge). My website is almost done and needed to be uploaded for a ...
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Folder has gone missing on webserver
I was trying to rename a folder on my Linux webserver. I added a double slash infront of older name e.g //foldername. Now the ftp showed this message
Renaming '/public_html/cache/test' to '/test'
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Where can I find a good perl script for a cronjob that backs up all files in a specific folder on my webspace?
I want to automate backups on my webspace. My provider allows for cronjobs to be executed once a day. I have already implemented a cronjob that backs up my database with mySQLdumper, using a perl ...
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What is the difference between Cloud hosting and cPanel hosting?
I just want to know whether both of these hosting model provides easy to use interface? Like phpMyAdmin and FTP server to upload file from FileZilla?
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Google's process for publishing/modifying pages [closed]
I'm assuming that a group of people at Google have control of certain sections of google.com, but how does Google make sure that employees don't accidentally or intentionally sabotage the website? ...
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How to scan/clean my ftp for malware?
Just recieved this email from my hosting:
Your web hosting account for your domain xxxx has been deactivated, as of 06/06/2012. (reason: terms of service violation - malware/virus)
This ...
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How do I transfter files to this SunOS server?
According to the admin of the webserver, I should be able to use Filezilla to transfer files to the server but I am getting an error.
First: I'm able to connect to the remote server using X-Win32 ...
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Is it possible to setup an ftp server that only allows file uploads? [closed]
Is it possible to setup an ftp server in such a way that only allows users (either registered accounts or anonymous accounts) to upload files and do nothing else (such as delete files, view other ...
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Managing multiple web servers for clients
I'm looking for a way to manage many combinations of FTP's, hosting company usernames and passwords, and what websites are on what web server.
We manage 3 of our own web servers and some where around ...
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FTP user permissions via Plesk 10
I have added an ftp user via Plesk. How could I limit the ftp user's permissions so that they can read and write files, but not modify/delete?
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Best Practices for publishing to a web server [closed]
I have a high traffic PHP based website and have 2 web servers which sit under a load balancer. I only have FTP access to change the files on the 2 servers when I wish to make changes to the site.
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Improve efficiency of web building setup and processes - Wordpress on Mac
Can anyone see any ways in which I can improve my speed and efficiency with the following setup? Or if there are any obvious holes in my building process?
This is for building Wordpress websites on ...
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Enabling/disabling proftpd accounts with PHP and WHM
I have a VPS with WHM/CPanel which is being used just by me. It's utilizing proftpd. I'd like to, via a PHP script, disable/enable a specific FTP account. I've done this by having PHP call a bash ...
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How to limit the FTP bandwidth for one user?
I have no experience in webmastering, so sorry if it is a simple question!
I have a VPS and about 30GB files on it and I am trying to download them to my PC. So for transfering them I made an FTP.
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Use Addon domain within login name for FTP account in cPanel
Let's say I have a cPanel (version 11.30.6 (build 3), cPanel Pro 1.0 (RC1)) shared hosting account for myDomain.com.
I also have several other "Addon" domain names on this account, each with their ...
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Quickly deleting lots of files using FTP?
At the moment I'm using FileZilla to FTP to my website. Sometimes, I want to delete a large directory, full of lots of other sub-directories and files. Filezilla seems to go through them all ...
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How do I schedule content publication on a static site?
How do I schedule the publication of new content (in this case, press releases) on my static site?
I am using FTP (FileZilla) on Windows 7 to do the job manually. I am assuming there are some FTP ...
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Is there anyway way to transfer .psd files from a windows machine to a mac without exposing other files? [closed]
I need to transfer photoshop files back and forth from my computer (mac) to a girls computer (windows) that I'm working with. The only problem with FTP is whoever is it exposes other files on the ...
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How to transfer a file from one domain to another domain?
Hi how can I transfer large files from old-domain.com(old-host) to new-domain.com(new-host?Is it possible to transfer it without downloading the files from my old-host to my local pc? I have an ftp ...
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550 “Overwrite permission denied” when editing a file via FTP
DreamHost recently moved my accounts to a new shared box, and now I can't edit files via UltraEdit's built in FTP client, which messes up my work flow!
What did they do that this is not working now? ...
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Program for FTP syncing, but only happens once?
I want to use an ftp sync program which would work on either windows or linux that would connect to an ftp server and sync a folder from my computer to it. The catch is you can't see any files inside ...
