File Manager - Overview
The File Manager enables you to administer and alter files and directories in your webspace. Furthermore you can, with assistance of the File Manager, upload files to your server as well as specify and/or change authorizations for files and directories.
The File Manager is divided into two regions. The upper region shows a tabular listing of your webspace contents, starting at your root directory. Click on the name of a directory and its content will be displayed. The lower region contains a form for generating files and directories and uploading files to your server.
File Manager - Summary of Features
Generating Directories and Files
Generating Directories
Type the name of the directory desired into the form description field and click on Create directory.
Generating Files
Type name and extension of the file desired into the form description field and click on Create File (The file extension specifies the file type. It consists of a dot and at least three letters, e.g. ".txt" for text files.)
Deleting/Renaming Directories and Files
Existing directories and files can be deleted or renamed by clicking on the corresponding link (Delete and Rename, respectively) in the listing. Please note that only empty directories can be deleted. If you would like to delete a directory you first have to navigate into this directory and delete all files inside.
Editing Files
Files can be modified with one click on the link Edit. After this the content of the file is displayed in the editing window of the File-Manager. When finished click Save to store your modifications.
Uploading files to the server
Type the name of the file desired into the form description field (e.g. c:\yourwebsitefolder\newfile.html). Alternatively, you can click on Search in order to look for the file on your computer. After the path has been determined click on Upload to copy the fileto the server. Files, loaded into your www directory are immediately accessible via the Internet (except the permissions were restricted by you).
Change Permissions
If you would like to restrict and/or extend access to a specific file or directory click in the column Permissions on the corresponding link. After that a table of permissions for this file will appear. The boxes checked mark the granted rights for the corresponding user group.
r - read Read access to a file (necessary for e.g. viewing a file in a browser)
w - write Write access to a file (necessary to edit or delete a file)
x - execute Permits execution of a file and opening of a directory respectively
Owner - User logged on when the file was created, ususally the main user (yourdomain_com)
Group - User group to which the file belongs
World - All other users. In order to display a website on the Internet the group "World" must have read access to the files.
File permissions are set to rw-r--r-- by default, i.e. simply the user logged on as the owner may edit the file, other users have only read access. Directory permissions are set to rwxr-xr-x by default, i.e. simply the owner may change the directory, all other users have only access for reading and executing.
File Manager - Screenshot
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