Multiple
FTP Accounts
Users
whose account plans include Multiple FTP accounts can setup ftp access
for users through the FTP Feature inside your Control Panel. From inside
the FTP feature, click on FTP Accounts and add a username and password
for the user that you are granting ftp access. The user then can access
your account utilizing the same instructions you received with your welcome
email.
Anonymous
FTP
Virtual
domain account users whose plans include Anonymous FTP can allow anonymous
FTP access to visitors wishing to download or upload files to your web
site as if you were running your own FTP server. You can enable (and disable)
ANON FTP access within the FTP Feature inside your Control Panel.
ANONYMOUS
FTP WARNINGS
Security:
Anonymous
FTP will grant any and all users the ability to access your "upload" directory,
or any directory on your domain that has been set for "public" read/write
permissions. Anonymous users will have access to upload or download files
to and from your domain. You must set the appropriate permissions for your
directories to restrict anonymous FTP access. This is needed to ensure
that anonymous users will not be able to access any existing files or directories.
You can inhibit access to specific files and directories using the File
Manager by disabling public read and/or write access to the files or folders
you don't want people to see (i.e.. cgi-local).
Responsibility:
As
the account owner, you are responsible for any and all files that are stored
on your domain. This would include files that were uploaded by you as well
as by anonymous FTP users. With the use of anonymous FTP, your site is
susceptible of becoming a "warez" site. Typically, these are sites that
are used by "hackers" to trade (upload/download) illegally pirated copies
of software programs with one another. As the account owner, the complete
content of your account is your responsibility. If your site becomes a
trading post for "warez" programs, you may face legal action that can be
taken against you by the programmers/software companies of the copyrighted
software in addition to your account being deleted from our servers. Please
refer to our Usage
and Policies section for more information.
Data
Transfer:
Any
and all FTP download transfers, anonymous FTP included, will be used in
the calculation of the total data transfer for your account. If this total
data transfer amount exceeds the limit that is set for your plan, you will
be responsible for any and all overage charges that occur. Please Note:
There will be NO exceptions made for these overage charges. Once anonymous
FTP has been enabled, it will be your responsibility to monitor the anonymous
FTP activity for your account.
Disk
Space:
If
you are going to allow people to upload files to your site, make sure you
keep track of your disk space usage via your Control Panel.
Do
not allow your disk space usage to get too close to your maximum disk space
allocation or you may experience problems accessing your site via FrontPage
and/or be unable to upload or modify files.
Once
you enable ANON FTP in your Control Panel, files can be accessed anonymously
via an FTP client.
Anonymous
visitors wishing to access your site via FTP must use your domain name
as the FTP hostname, username of anonymous and password of guest.
Your
anonymous FTP site is completely different from your website. When people
FTP to your domain anonymously, they will see the following directories:
bin/
dev/
etc/
incoming/
lib/
pub/
"pub"
is where you should put all your anonymously accessible files.
"incoming"
is for the anonymous users to upload files.
For
security the following applies
Only
the incoming directory can be written by anonymous users
Sub-directories
cannot be created by anonymous users
The
incoming directory is not readable by anonymous users
You
are responsible for any "pirated" software uploaded by the anonymous users.
The anonymous ftp sites will be periodically monitored for any abuses.
You
may ignore the other directories.
To
access the anonymous FTP site via the web, use the following address: ftp://yourdomain.com/pub/
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