Re: [cobalt-users] FTP as Admin...???

[Jay Summers <jay@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> Hi!  I have been using a RAQ4 to host client websites for a year now and
> I have just run across an interesting problem...  Until now, I have been
> able to FTP my client websites to the server using the Admin account,
> however now I encounter permission denied errors.  I am told that with
> the Cobalt Raq, once you reach a certain number of virtual sites (I
> currently host 27) the admin account is no longer allowed to ftp.  This
> just makes no sense to me... Hence my questions...

Yes, this is true. The limit is 32 and it's actually a Linux problem rather
than a Cobalt issue.

> Has anyone else experienced this problem?  Is there a way that I can
> work around it, without creating a separate Site Admin account for each
> virtual site?  (Keeping up with 30 usernames & passwords just doesn't
> work for me!)

Here's a nice little treasure from the archives.

http://list.cobalt.com/pipermail/cobalt-users/2000-October/024310.html

BTW, It's probably not a good idea to be FTP'ing in with your admin account
anyway.

HTH,
j
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