Move Or Delete Folder In Public_html

[kingram]

I am using ftp to uplaod everything so I was sondering whether I can delete or move all the folder and files (_vti_bin,_vti_cnf, _vti_pvt,_vti_txt,cgi_bin, and .htaccess) to a seperate backup folder.

What do these folders do? Are they necessary?

 

Shahram

[TCH-Thomas]

_vti_bin,_vti_cnf, _vti_pvt,_vti_txt are used if you use frontpage. So if you are not using frontpage, you can delete them.

 

For the others, Do not remove .htaccess and the cgi_bin, I am not sure if it can be removed since its used for cgi-scripts.

[TweezerMan]

You may want to look at the "FrontPage Extensions" in CPanel and see if it showing the extensions as installed. Unless you've made any changes yourself, the .htaccess file should only contain directives pertaining to the use of the FrontPage extensions. Uninstalling the extensions from CPanel should delete the folders, files, and the .htaccess file from your public_html directory.

 

As TCH-Thomas said, you should leave the cgi-bin directory in place.

[kingram]

Hi,

 

I just unistalled the frontpage extension. Will it affect the security of the folders. (I read some pragraph about it) if so How can I make them secure. Should I install the extensions again. Can I remove the .htaccess files?

Thank you

Edited May 10, 2005 by kingram

[Guest Serpentine]

While I do not think there is a requirement for having an .htaccess file, often it is so small that there is no need to delete it.