6 articles FTP

Everything you need to know about transferring files to your account.

Is a secure form of FTP provided?

Yes, all packages support FTP using explicit TLS, also called “Auth TLS”. Auth TLS initiates encryption after a handshake and protocol announcement, which is the origin of “explicit”. Conversely, implicit TLS, which is not supported, does not require announcement and encryption happens immediately at connection. The difference between implicit and explicit TLS is protocol formality…

Jailing users

Overview A jailed user is a user that logins into a FTP server and can only access files and folders within a designated location. Other folders on the server are isolated from this user and, therefore, inaccessible. Jailing an existing user Login to the control panel Visit User > Manage Users. Select the user to jail, click the Edit…

Problems deleting files

Overview FTP provides a convenient interface to quickly delete multiple files from a your site with minimal overhead. Problems can exist in multi-user environments where files are owned by one of many different users. Cause FTP abides by UNIX discretionary access controls (DAC) that restricts what files users can delete/modify/read. Without requisite permissions these files, owned…