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Navigating in File Manager
The files in your site are stored in directories. Directories can hold other
sub-directories. The result is a directory structure that can have many sub-levels. Any of those directories can contain files. How you organize your directory structure is up to you.
WARNING: Our system contains many automated scripts and services that create directories and files within your account. DO NOT DELETE
or change any of the directories or files that are located on the server that you did not create yourself. If you are ever in doubt about a file or directory, please, contact us to help you identify it.
Here is a list of the initial directories that you’ll find. Where is says domain this indicates your own domain name.
- domain-logs - This contains your access logs used
- domain-mail - This contains all POP mail accounts. This will also
contain any mailing lists that you create.
- domain-anonftp - This contains the directories for anonymous
FTP
- domain-www - This is the folder where you put your HTML files
- www - This is a shortcut to the domain-www folder. You can treat these as the exact same folder. This one is just easier to type.
- domain-secure - This too is a shortcut to domain-www except
that when the server is requested to use secured pages, it uses this directory automatically.
How To Navigate in File Manager:
From the Command Center, select the File Manager icon. The File Manager window appears.
Once the File Manager window has opened, you will see a listing of directories and files located in your Current Directory, the path of
which is displayed at the top. (File Manager does not display hidden files (i.e., files whose names begin with a period (.), such as “.htaccess”). ThePermission, Delete, Rename, and
Password columns will be discussed later in this section)
Each directory and file within the listing will appear as a hypertext link.
Links appear blue and underlined. Simply click on any link to drill down into that directory. In the case of a file, clicking on its link will open the file (if it can be opened by the browser).
When in a directory that has a large number of files, the files are listed
alphabetically by file name. Sometimes, it is desirable to see the listing of files sorted by the time (date) of their creation or by the size of the
files, from largest to smallest. (The alphabetical sorting option is case-sensitive. This means that file names beginning with upper-case
letters come before file names beginning with lower-case letters. The sort order is A-Z, then a-z. This means, for example, you could have a file named WORDS.TXT
listed before a file named a-plus.htm.)
File and Directory Permissions
Permissions can be set for your directories and files. These permissions determine who can view, write to, and/or use the directories
and folders in your site.
The permission settings are each comprised of nine letters (or characters) in a row that appear to the far left of the listing for each
directory or file. Each letter represents a type of access, while the position in the nine-digit string dictates who has that type of access.
The characters displayed in these settings can be r, w,x or -.
- r stands forread access
; whoever has this level of access can view the file or directory.
- w stands forwrite access
; whoever has this level of access can overwrite existing files or write new files in the specified directory.
- x stands forexecute access
; whoever has this level of access can run executable files.
- - (the dash) indicates that no permission is given.
The first three positions in the nine-digit string are the permission settings for the owner. The second three digits are for any
groups (if any groups are created), while the last three digits are the permission settings for others (anyone who is not the owner, or is not a part of a previously declared group).
How To Change Permission Settings on Files and Directories:
From within the File Manager screen, click on any of the Permission Setting links for the desired file or directory. The
Change Permission screen displays.
The Change permission of file or directory name message indicates
which file or directory permissions you are changing. Once a directory's permissions are set, you can access specific sub-directories and files
within the directory to alter the settings on an individual basis.
Notice in the Change Permission screen the nine-digit setting is split up into the groups that were discussed earlier: Owner,
Group and Others.
As the owner of the file or directory, typically you should have full access, so all three settings r, w, x (read,
write, execute) should be selected.
If you have set up groups (which involves the creation of a group and the
addition of usernames into the group) select the appropriate permission settings.
If this group is a collection of people to which you are giving the ability to see and use files which you are otherwise denying to
other people, then select the read and execute settings.
If this group is more of a workgroup, containing members who will be working with files and directories on your site, then it would be
appropriate to select the write setting also.
The Other settings depend on how much access you want to give provide globally
Typically, both read and execute access are given to everyone while write access is denied. This allows people to view and use
your site without being able to change it.
However, there may be items that you wish to keep hidden from globally, in which case you would disable the read and,
depending on the file or directory, execute permissions.
When all of the settings are correct, select the Submit button to finalize
the changes. The File Manager window reappears with the new settings.
Deleting Files and Directories
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