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.
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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