Re: [cobalt-users] RAQ 2 FTP permission denied and new sites.

[Jeff Lasman <jblists@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 05:57 AM 3/12/00 +0000, you wrote:

> I have run in to the problem of not being able to FTP (as admin) to my 
> client sites.
>
> I have read the posts on this subject (as many as I can find) but no 
> resolutions seems to exist other than to FTP as the site admin.

You must have come up against the linux limitation of 32 groups maximum per 
user.  That's a linux limitation, and I don't expect Cobalt to change linux 
to that extent.

> This is a pain in the butt, but I am willing to put up with this.

However, it's usually much easier to ftp into a site as the siteadmin 
anyway; I don't see why you'd consider this a problem.

> My problem is,  how can I do this before the DNS has propogated ?

The same as you do before DNS has propogated.  FTP doesn't care which FTP 
number you log in as; it simply needs to find the box, and it can find it 
by any IP# you care to use that is resolved by your box.

> I cannot find any resolution to the posts placed by others about what 
> address to use as a host address in the FTP client.

Had I noticed such posts, I would have answered them <blush>; it's pretty 
easy...

> In other words, if my IP address is 123.123.123.123 and my domain is 
> "www.hosting-service.co.uk" and my client domain is 
> "www.clientsite.co.uk",  how do I upload files to his site prior to the 
> DNS becoming active ?

You set up a siteadmin for www.clientsite.co.uk.  You FTP in.  You 
negotiate the directory tree to the /home/sites/siteX/web directory for 
that site.  Since the default login for a siteadmin is 
/home/sites/siteX/users/username, you can usually just change directories 
to "../../web" and you'll be where you need to be.  DO NOT FALL PREY to the 
common mistake of just changing directories to "web"; that's the users 
personal website; files put there will not show up at www.clientsite.co.uk.

Then FTP the files in as you would normally.

Jeff

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Jeff Lasman <jblists@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>