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Well here is the great benefit of these forums... I had already tried to unpack the tar file: MamboV4.5-Stable-1.0.9.tar.gz but my desktop just tried to download it, so I presumed it couldn't be done. Having read Dick's assurance that the file manager would unpack tar.gz files I got out the laptop (default browser Firefox ) and tried again. Lo and behold, it worked! Since I can now unpack tar archives without SSH I am a much happier man. (Though I would still like Fantastico as well!).

Aha, another good workaround from Alan. The original problems are still there, but are diminishing. Thanks

I thank AlanV for pointing me in the right direction. The copy directory command does indeed do the job. Problem more or less resolved. On reading Mike's comment I hopefully went up and tried to unpack a tarball. But as far as I can see file manager won't do that. If there is some way to work with tar files other than SSH I would REALLY appreciate the knowledge. I would prefer to have Fantastico available since it sets up the database for you, and even e-mails you all the information. But I can live without it. My main concern was hours of ftp uploads, but the copy directory command deals with that. I thank everyone for the useful information and advice.

Ah... I'll have a look for that. That would do nicely!

Mmmm... I should have done my homework more carefully. I can do without one or the other, but life with neither is going to be difficult. I can understand why you have taken away SSH, but I think you need to replace it with another alternative, e.g. Fantastico.

I have a TCH account, but though it is a very good service there is a big problem. TCH provides neither SSH nor Fantastico. This is a problem for us because we need to install a large program in many sub-directories. Sending this up FTP over and over will take forever and a day. My questions are therefore: 1. Do you provide SSH access for dedicated servers? 2. Are there any plans to include Fantastico?