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

["Tim Prowting" <tim@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks for your replies on this.

I thought I had tried all combinations (including this one) but with no effect.

Now it works !

I don't understand it,  but there again,  as my single brain cell is dying of loneliness,  perhaps this explains it.


Thanks again for replies


Tim



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On 12/03/00, at 01:23, Jeff Lasman wrote: 

>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>
>
>
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