Re: [cobalt-users] Can't see .htaccess files on RAQ3

["Carrie Bartkowiak" <ravencarrie@xxxxxxxx>]

> You could search the archives, there are a number of instances of
this question, with answers too!

*nodding emphatically*

> Next time **anyone** ftp's into the raq3, they will see ALL the '.'
hidden files/directories

I really don't recommend doing this, as you'll start having a bevy of
problems where people don't know what a certain file is, they didn't
put it there, so they just delete it!
Or like me, if you need to hide certain files/folders from users who
consistently go in and break the scripts that are in the files,
putting a "." in front of the folder is the perfect way to do that. (I
had one user who kept breaking a cgi script because he kept trying to
edit it with FrontPage. I put a dot in front of the folder name,
changed all of his links to the script, and the "it's broken again!"
problem went away immediately. He couldn't get to it and mess with
it.)

I'd really recommend just enabling your own ftp program to show all
files. In WS_Ftp LE (lite, free version) there's a blank box on the
right hand side where the buttons are. Just click in this space and
type "-la" (no quotes) and then hit the refresh button. It will list
all of the files, including the ones with a . in front of them.

CarrieB