Moving Files Or Folders

[oompahloompah]

Is there any way to move files or folders to the topmost folder, that is the / folder, via the File Manager or FTP even? For the File Manager, the only thing I was able to do was to move it into a folder other than /. For FTP, it's even more restricted, I was not able to move anything out of the public_html folder. Please correct me if I'm wrong anywhere on this. Thanks.

[TCH-Bruce]

I don't know what you are missing but I can move anything I want above the public_html folder with CuteFTP.

[oompahloompah]

hmm may i ask what you set for your ftp account as the directory to start in, the one that you use to access via cuteftp?

 

i've set the directory to point to / although i'm not sure if this is the right thing because when i'm in ftp mode, it leads me to the inside of public_html folder instead and tells me that is the / folder.

[TCH-Bruce]

I have it set to start in "public_html" but that shouldn't matter. When you select something in the public_html folder and right click, select move and in the box that appears enter / and hit return. The content is moved to the root folder.

[oompahloompah]

i think mine's more than just that though unfortunately. in the cpanel, it asks for which directory to put it at, i've put mine at / but when i go in ftp, it doesn't just start in public_html folder... to the ftp program, it's as if the public_html folder is the root folder. i've tried what you've suggested... Move To and then i've inserted forward slash as its destination... the reply was that i cannot move it to the same destination.

[TCH-Bruce]

You are not going to be able to do it with File Manager in cPanel. You need an FTP client like CuteFTP.

 

Are you using an FTP client?

[oompahloompah]

Yes what I mentioned in my last posting was thru an FTP client... and it's CuteFTP as well.

[TCH-Rob]

Bruce,

 

I use leech and mine is set to / and I get put in root above public_html.

[oompahloompah]

Maybe I should also add this is what I see when I'm at the FTP Manager in Cpanel.

 

Login: <insert stuff>

Password: <insert stuff>

Directory: /home/username/public_html <insert stuff>

 

Now it looks like my directory pointer has already been preset to public_html. Is that correct? I've placed a / after that, which I guess naturally would mean that it will set public_html as the starting point and I am not able to go above that. Is there any way of setting it higher than public_html?

 

Another question is: can i use File Manager to transfer files to the upper level? It seems a tad un-user-friendly that I can move my files everywhere except for the root directory.

[TCH-Bruce]

Rob,

 

I've never used leechFTP but in CuteFTP you can set the start in folder on the server and your local machine (see image). I have mine set to log me directly into the public_html folder. It doesn't really, it logs me into the root folder and then does a change directory.

 

I am using my cpanel username/password for logging in.

 

If you remove the public_html from the start in box it will log you into the root folder.

[oompahloompah]

Thanks for the image. Mine was never set to public_html in the client side, CuteFTP. What I see is something as follows:

 

 

 

/

cgi-bin

images

 

etc.

 

 

 

Those are folders under the 'public_html' folder in my home directory. However for some strange reason, my FTP is recognising the 'public_html' folder as the root and it's as if my home directory has nothing above 'public_html' when accessed via FTP. I cannot go up one level above this.

 

Meanwhile on the server-side at TCH via the Cpanel... here are the instructions on the FTP Manager, Add FTP Account page.

 

 

 

Login: <box here for you to insert stuff>

Password: <box here for you to insert stuff>

Directory: /home/username/public_html <box here for you to insert stuff>

 

Directions:

If you enter a single / in the directory box, the new FTP user will have access to the entire public_html directory and all directories under it. If you just want the new user to be able to access a sub-domain, just set the directory box to the same value as the sub-domain's root name, which is listed in parenthesis on the sub-domain section of this control panel.

 

 

 

From the directions, it seems like I can't set an FTP account to access directories higher than my 'public_html' directory. Is this true?

[TCH-Bruce]

If you create an account for FTP I don't think you can access anything above public_html. If you login using CuteFTP with your cpanel login/password you can access everything for your account.

[oompahloompah]

Oh thank you for the clarification. I understand now. I'll login from the main account username/password then for changes above the 'public_html' directory. It's unfortunate I can't allow someone else to add things above the 'public_html' folder though. Thanks once again! *breathes with relief now*

[TCH-Bruce]

If you are going to give someone access to anything above the public_html folder you may as well just give them your cpanel username/password since they would have full access to your site anyway.

 

I wouldn't do that.

[oompahloompah]

Hmmm that's a good point. I would definitely not like to give people full access to my account space. I was thinking more of giving them restricted access by folders rather than by folder hierarchy.

 

The reason why I would like to give someone access to directories higher than 'public_html' folder is for folders which contain files accessed by files from the 'public_html' folder. As this does not seem possible at the moment, I would have to manually move those files each time someone using other than the main cpanel username/password uploads files to the 'public_html' folder.