Telnet Or Ssh?

[Hony]

I'm trying to set up some CGI scripts and changing permissions on lots of files via Cpanel is tedious at best. Would like to get to a shell I can just chmod. Is that possible?

 

I tried the link on the control panel that says SSH but though it prompts me for username/password (twice) I never get a terminal window.

 

Any advice pls?

 

Tks.

 

Hony

[knucklehead]

Use a FTP client to set your permissions.

 

I like www.smartftp.com

 

Its nice!

[Lianna]

I use CuteFTP 5.0 XP from Globalscape and love it! The evaluation download is the full version, but expires in 30 days if no serial number is entered. Serial Number upon purchase (US$39.95 w/o maint.).

 

L

[TCH-Don]

I like Total Commander

Features in Total Commander 5.5 now include :

Two file windows side by side

Multiple language support

Enhanced search function

Compare files / synchronize directories

Quick View panel with bitmap display

ZIP, ARJ, LZH, RAR, UC2, TAR, GZ, CAB, ACE archive handling + plugins

Built-in FTP client with FXP (server to server) and HTTP proxy support

Parallel port link, multi-rename tool

New: File descriptions, RTF viewer, file system plugins

And many more!

Using ftp is easy, and it's just $28 to register.

I've had it since windows 3.11, and my key is still good, even though it has gone through 5 major versions. And it supports more than 30 languages.

 

If I had to choose just one program, this would be it.

[Head Guru]

I go with SmartFTP.

 

I have been using it for many years.

 

I love it, and yikes... Its Free.

 

I had a customer concern the other day with cuteFTP. It wasnt allowing them to see the .htaccess files. It turned out that cuteFTP hides the hiddens files just like it should. A trip to their website and a few minuted later it was fixed. I have to say I was impressed with their website.

[Lianna]

Bill,

 

With Cute FTP to display hidden files per the help files bundled with the product:

 

·          Displaying Hidden Files: You can display hidden files on servers using a special filter command.  When configuring your filter, select Enable remote filters (Server applied filter).  Type in -rtaF next to this field. Your listing command should now be LIST-rtaF, which will display of hidden files.

 

...and yes, it should hide the hidden unless the user specifically knows how/ needs to view it. IMHO

 

L

[Hony]

Thanks everybody; I didn't know ftp programs could do this (I've only used the "dos" command line version before...). Anyway the first suggestion worked fine for me -- smartFTP and I got the job done. I had the problem with the hidden files too but looking at their faq I found the option to turn on display of hidden files which is a tick box on the command/connection/listoptions menu.

 

Well my scripts are up and running fine now -- problem I now have is that I can't find a smooth way to get this to publishing to coexist happily with this. Problem is that the scripts create data files -- but then when I publish from Front Page it sees these "extra" files and removes them. I tried copying the files from the server into my local copy -- but all that means is that whenever I publish it copies the (old) verson from my PC to the server overwriting any new data on the server.

 

I realize FrontPage is not that bright and considered switching to something else but surely this is a generic problem, I've used Dreamweaver before and when it "puts" the site it'll overwrite too.

 

Any suggestions on how to avoid this? I presume its a typical need, to maintain your offline editor with "publish" or synchronise capability, but not to mess with cgi create data files.

 

 

Hony